Amanda

“Even though they fought, their fighting never turned them against each other. It always ended with them embracing and kissing, smiling, laughing.”
― Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come

“Here’s your night nugget:

“Mixed signals are a message. Silence is a statement. And vague intentions are a red flag dressed in charm. If you have to guess, it’s not God. If you have to beg, it’s not love. And if you have to play games, it’s not destiny.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“If unloving mothers were able to see their behavious as abusive, they either would stop behaving that way or they would get help for their dysfunction. But many cannot: instead, they deny it, to themselves, their families, and the world at large, in order to avoid a sense of guilt, to avoid having to make changes in their lives, or to avoid the bruising awareness that they, too, were unloved children.”
― Victoria Secunda, When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life

“Narcissists are very retaliative if they believe another has achieved what they desire,
exposed their insecurities, or refused to be under their control.”
― Lorraine Nilon, Breaking Free From the Chains of Silence: A respectful exploration into the ramifications of Paedophilic abuse