“I don’t think I’m better than you. But I know I’m going to try a hell of a lot harder than you ever did. I won’t do anything for my baby and expect something in return. I have a lot of love to give, and I’m going to give this baby
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Certainty's pitfall is that it can close us off from the views of other people, sometimes even to the point of being unable to listen to them.”
― Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'
― Outlaw Christian: Finding Authentic Faith by Breaking the 'Rules'
“And that had led to them talking about social media – he believed that the more people were connected on social media, the lonelier society became. ‘That’s why everyone hates each other nowadays,’ he reckoned. ‘Because they are overloaded with non-friend friends.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“So much of motherhood is acting.”
― Astray
― Astray
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