Vanessa

“When Audre Lorde wrote that oft-instagrammed quote: 'Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare,' she didn't mean that self-care should be selfish or a form of self-flagellation, that it should be an overpriced moisturizer or a painful procedure. Self-care, in reality, is supposed to coincide with community care. It means taking time for yourself so that you can better support those around you - resting so that you can be a part of the revolution, helping other women with child-care, prepping meals for those in need or providing a voice for the voiceless. We, as women, win and lose together. Sorority is self-care.”
― Ellen Atlanta, Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women

“Poppy knew of Pandora, of Psyche, of Bluebeard's wife--all women punished for their fatal curiosity. But this was her house and she was Poppy Cavendish. No door nor morality tale could stop her. After all, she couldn't read.”
― Samara Breger, A Long Time Dead

“I didn't want to have to pour concrete around my heart in an attempt to shield me from the blast.”
― Jill Duggar, Counting the Cost

“Can I call it haunted when I'm every ghost?”
― Samara Breger, A Long Time Dead