Sarah

“The heart of compassion is really acceptance. The better we are at accepting ourselves and others, the more compassionate we become. Well, it’s difficult to accept people when they are hurting us or taking advantage of us or walking all over us. This research has taught me that if we really want to practice compassion, we have to start by setting boundaries and holding people accountable for their behavior.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“I hadn’t any business agreeing to be with someone who told me in all sincerity that I was his only hope of happiness in the world, at least not until he’d sorted his own head out and diversified.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate

“Why was I born so attractive?” “Because everyone would have throttled you within the first five minutes otherwise,” said her necromancer.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth

“If you don’t worry about something until it’s already a problem,” said Rosie, “that’s not worry. That’s observation.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is