Brooke

“When we were together, he was so sweet and so loving that it held me over during the times when he wouldn't call ... I'd learned enough to know that if I brought up any of this I'd be seen as clingy. I took whatever scraps he gave me, and worse still, I thrilled to receive them.”
― Rachel Hollis, Girl, Wash Your Face / Girl, Stop Apologizing

“You, and only you, are ultimately responsible for who you become and how happy you are.”
― Rachel Hollis, Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

“But I am still here.
And so are you.
I'm still here because I refuse to let anything or anyone decide what I get to have. I am still here because I refuse to let my trauma have the last word. I am still here because I will not let a nightmare have more power than my dreams. I am still here because I did not allow a hard time to make me weak; I willed it to make me strong.”
― Rachel Hollis, Girl Wash your Face

“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six