Crista

“Girls disappear. Girls are brought to secret places to be used and nothing is done, because it's how things are. Because they're only girls.”
― T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere

“Nobody ever wants to be inconvenienced by all the things that happen to girls.”
― T.E. Carter, I Stop Somewhere

“Common enemy intimacy is counterfeit connection and the opposite of true belonging. If the bond we share with others is simply that we hate the same people, the intimacy we experience is often intense, immediately gratifying, and an easy way to discharge outrage and pain. It is not, however, fuel for real connection. It’s fuel that runs hot, burns fast, and leaves a trail of polluted emotion. And if we live with any level of self-awareness, it’s also the kind of intimacy that can leave us with the intense regrets of an integrity hangover. Did I really participate in that? Is that moving us forward? Am I engaging in, quite literally, the exact same behavior that I find loathsome in others?”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

“Quoting Viola Davis (who is sharing rules she lives by):

'4. I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in that wilderness.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness