“Guilt is the fear of one’s own wretchedness. It has nothing to do with other people.”
― Educated
― Educated
“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“To admit uncertainty is to admit to weakness, to powerlessness, and to believe in yourself despite both. It is a frailty, but in this frailty there is a strength: the conviction to live in your own mind, and not in someone else’s.”
― Educated
― Educated
“The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you're having one, it is somehow not obvious to you.”
― Educated
― Educated
“life—and the law—is hard on women. Sometimes doing the right thing is no help at all.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone
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