Macy

“Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
― Yasunari Kawabata

“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is “You’re safe with me”—that’s intimacy.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me.”
― Elif Shafak

“As victims of child abuse via socialization in the direction of the patriarchal ideal, boys learn that they are unlovable. According to [therapist John] Bradshaw, they learn that "relationships are based on power, control, secrecy, fear, shame, isolation, and distance." These are the traits often admired in the patriarchal adult man.”
― bell hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love