Stephanie

“The seventh and eighth grade were for me, and for every single good and interesting person I have ever known, what the writers of the bible meant when they used the words hell and pit...It was all over for any small feeling that one was essentially all right. One wasn't...It was springtime, for Hitler, in Germany.

Anne Lamott ”
― David Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

“I shed my guilt when I accepted my decision on its own terms, without endlessly prosecuting old grievances, without weighing his sins against mine. Without thinking of my father at all. I learned to accept my decision for my own sake, because of me, not because of him. Because I needed it, not because he deserved it.”
― Tara Westover , Educated

“The concept of tomorrow is an illusion, a sweeping gesture of time. Marketing.

-Mister Tenders Girl-”
― Carter Wilson

“You can tell a lot about a person's childhood by whether or not they like Christmas.”
― Stephen Elliott, Happy Baby