Amanda

“I will not stay, not ever again - in a room or conversation or relationship or institution that requires me to abandon myself.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“It’s important to remember that the cheater is the bad guy. Don’t accept that role yourself. Don’t take responsibility for the fallout. By divorcing, you are just enforcing the consequences that result from the cheater’s selfish destructiveness. You are not being selfish—you are protecting yourself and your children from further harm.”
― Tracy Schorn, Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life: The Chump Lady's Survival Guide

“I'm sorry," he says, "for that time I kissed you at that party and for that time at the wedding and more than anything for the thousand times that I wanted to and didn't have the guts to.”
― Melina Marchetta, Saving Francesca