Mandi

“Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“I have learned that for me, shame is like kryptonite. It was utterly destructive, a boot on my neck for most of my life. It is powerful and treacherous, and it is a luxury I cannot afford.”
― Laura Parrott Perry, She Wrote it Down: How a Secret-Keeper Became a Storyteller

“Compassion isn't just about feeling the pain of others; it's about bringing them in toward yourself. If we love what God loves, then, in compassion, margins get erased. 'Be compassionate as God is compassionate,' means the dismantling of barriers that exclude.”
― Gregory Boyle , Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

“And so do people pass out of one's life and all you can remember of them is their humanity, a poor fitful thing of no dominion, like your own.”
― E.L. Doctorow, Homer & Langley