Vanessa

“It's like summer wear the world out, and by October everyone is just ready for a nap”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer

“To assume the best about another is the trait that has created modern society. Those occasions when our trusting nature gets violated are tragic. But the alternative - to abandon trust as a defense against predation and deception - is worse.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

“If suicide is coupled, then it isn’t simply the act of depressed people. It’s the act of depressed people at a particular moment of extreme vulnerability and in combination with a particular, readily available lethal means.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

“I realized that if we aren’t vigilant, we can move through our entire lives feeling smaller than we actually are—by playing it safe, by unconsciously giving away our power, by dimming our radiance, by not recognizing there is always so much more waiting for us on the other side of fear.”
― Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are