Emily

“I've never hated you, Jess. Never. I've been angry with you. I've been bewildered by you. There've been times I've wanted to scream with frustration at you. But I've never hated you. You're my sister and I love you. I love you even when you're acting in ways I don't understand, even when I don't see you for years. I never stopped loving you." (p. 343)”
― Hannah Beckerman, If Only I Could Tell You

“Hamilton touched me because it reflected the kind of history I'd lived myself. It told a story about America that allowed the diversity in. I thought about this afterward: So many of us go through life with our stories hidden, feeling ashamed or afraid when our whole truth doesn't live up to some established ideal. We grow up with messages that tell us that there's only one way to be American - that if our skin is dark or our hips are wide, if we don't experience love in a particular way, if we speak another language or come from another country, then we don't belong. That is, until someone dares to start telling that story differently.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“You are not here to waste your time deciding whether my life is true and beautiful enough for you. You are here to decide if your life, relationships, and world are true and beautiful enough for you.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“The only thing that was every wrong with me was my belief that there was something wrong with me.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed