Mara Laya

“I used to be terrified of my own weakness; if acknowledged it, I thought I would be overwhelmed by it. But I am stronger and braver than that. I am not so easily broken. I am strong enough to realize that it is alright to be fragile, to be less than perfect. Staying connected to that vulnerability, ironically, gives me strength.”
― Hope Donahue, Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession with Perfection

“I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down upon me.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

“Good listeners know that understanding is not binary. It's not that you have it or you don't, your understanding can always be improved.”
― Kate Murphy, You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters

“Beauty's Curse

Her bow is drawn to worlds of dark,
where arrows spring and miss their mark—
she'll turn their heads but not their hearts.”
― Lang Leav, Love & Misadventure