Shelby

“I want the society in which I live to be clear about the reality of our families; to know all the ways in which we avoid the issues of violence, abuse, and societal contempt; and to see survivors as more than victims. If we know more about what it means to survive abuse, we will be better able to help those still caught in the whole shameful secret world of physical and sexual violence.”
― Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina

“We had all wanted the simplest thing, to love and be loved and be safe together, but we had lost it and I didn’t know how to get it back.”
― Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina

“Her body is one long sigh.”
― Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

“This is a bad world; nor have I had cause to leave it with regret.”
― Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto