Anna

“Us leaving the country wasn’t much of a big deal to anyone other than a few close friends and family.”
― Helen Russell, The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

“It is very difficult for most healthy Americans to envision themselves as the ones whose liberty might be threatened in the effort to protect the health of the community. As a society, we have become masters of stigmatizing the sick and the contagious; we label them as separate from the mainstream.”
― Judith Walzer Leavitt, Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health

“There’s a psychological theory that says we each carry a core maladaptation—a little liar who takes residence in our noggins before elementary school (like Inside Out—the Nightmare Version). Some days we may work to confirm the lies are, in fact, true. That the Voice is right, and that we are very wrong. On those days, life seems to whisper, “No one will ever truly like you, let alone love you.”
― Jennifer O'Toole, Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

“Among the many aspects of Wicca that distinguish it from other, more widely recognized religions is its emphasis on the feminine, as symbolized by nature, the Earth, the Moon, and feminine deities (or goddesses). The masculine is also represented through deity and is particularly associated with the Sun, but there is none of the patriarchy often found in other Western faiths.”
― Lisa Chamberlain, Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft