Nicole

“For every door that’s been opened to me, I’ve tried to open my door to others. And here is what I have to say, finally: Let’s invite one another in. Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make fewer wrong assumptions, to let go of the biases and stereotypes that unnecessarily divide us. Maybe we can better embrace the ways we are the same. It’s not about being perfect. It’s not about where you get yourself in the end. There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“we keep the people we love in our hearts. We never lose them as long as we can remember how it felt to be loved by them.”
― Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows

“The trick to reducing my overall panic and worry about weight hasn’t been about starving myself into a form that will satisfy whatever arbitrary societal norms are coming down the pipeline. The key has been finding a way to be happy with myself, regardless of what the scale says.”
― Jen Lancaster, Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic

“If I had a family crest, it would read Please Don’t Make Me Be an Asshole.”
― Jen Lancaster, Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic