Kimberly

“Men jumped in to tell me I was ugly and unfuckable but also that I deserved to be raped, that I was going to choke to death on their dicks. They didn’t even care about Archangel. They just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to tell a woman that (a) they’d never fuck her and also (b) they were going to fuck her until she died.”
― Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle

“Closure doesn’t really exist, though. That’s why we’re always looking for it.”
― Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle

“Destruction is essential to construction. If we want to build the new, we must be willing to let the old burn. [...]

The building of the true and beautiful means the destruction of the good enough.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life

“the quality of the questions determines the quality of the answers. Don’t make do with simple answers simply to get the job done. Ask for more time if that’s what will take you forward. Ask uncomfortable questions. Even a denial is an answer. A hesitation is an opening and a lie is a smoke screen to hide something else.”
― Karin Smirnoff, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons