SAFA

“We don't like to be intimate alone. Some couples take this one step further, confusing intimacy with control. What passes for care is actually convert surveillance. ..
When the impulse to share becomes obligatory, when personal boundaries are no longer respected, when only the shared space of togetherness is acknowledged and private space is denied, fusion replaces intimacy and possession co-opts love.”
― Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

“A suicide attempt can be very much like falling in love. You're not really sure, as you proceed, what is real and what you're making up as you go. You're genuinely uncertain how the whole thing's going to turn out. You want it, but you don't. It seems both inevitable and impossible.”
― Clancy Martin, Love and Lies: An Essay on Truthfulness, Deceit, and the Growth and Care of Erotic Love

“Parks herself seemed aware of this paradox, calling her autobiography Quiet Strength—a title that challenges us to question our assumptions. Why shouldn’t quiet be strong? And what else can quiet do that we don’t give it credit for?”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“You don't get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay”
― Jordan B. Peterson