Jessica

“I'm trying not to be an asshole,' you say.
Sometimes trying to be the absence of something makes you that very thing.”
― Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

“So much of motherhood is acting.”
― Emma Donoghue, Astray

“The problem is that everything is relative. Happiness is based on expectations and we have the internet now. A whole world constantly asking us, "But is your life as perfect as this? Well, how about now? Is it as perfect as this? If it isn't, change it!!" The truth of course is, that if people really were as happy as they look on the internet, they wouldn't spend so much damn time on the internet. Because no one who's having a really good day spends half of it taking pictures of themselves. Anyone can nurture a myth about their life if they have enough manure. So, if the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, that's probably because it's full of shit.”
― Frederik Backman

“Don't worry, Belle. I know how painful it is to be judged by a construct of society that doesn't make sense and because of that, have to live with a painful secret. Neither of us has been able to live openly as our true selves, and I'm sorry for the role I played in threatening you and your hidden identity.”
― Marie Benedict,Victoria Christopher Murray