Alena’s Reviews > Simply More: A book for anyone who has been told they're too much > Status Update

Being more, even a little more, than other people are comfortable with, is seldom easy ... but if we're going to live up to our full humanity ... allowing ourselves to be the most we can be is absolutely necessary.

Showing friendship and love to others is downright revolutionary. (Erievo's exploration of Celie in The Color Purple in the face of critics who want her to be more miserable)