Quotes of Note
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Quotes of Note
Instead of permitting the stories to bend and fold with each new teller, the scripts are like coffins that calcify the tales.
Drager Lindsey • The Archive of Alternate Endings
by not planning to keep things alive, we were avoiding the prospect that they might ever die.
André Aciman • Call Me by Your Name
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Kristin Neff • Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
daughters do not want to be kept safe, that they would prefer to be with their parents
Alix E. Harrow • The Ten Thousand Doors of January
We console ourselves with the idea that at least we have high standards, even if we can’t meet them. We identify with the part of ourselves that knows how we should be, even if we’re not there yet.
Kristin Neff • Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
most people do not have a single consistent style of responding, but are more introverted or extroverted in different contexts or moods,
Sara Maitland • How to Be Alone
soothe yourself because of this difficult experience. Try placing a hand over the part of your body that feels uncomfortable and feel the warmth and gentle touch of your hand.
Kristin Neff • Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
When self-compassion is aimed at motivating ourselves, we embody encouraging, wise vision.
Kristin Neff • Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
encouragement allows us to take the journey as far as we’re able to go, even if it doesn’t turn out to be as far as we’d hoped. When I can trust that even if I blow it, I won’t cruelly turn on myself but will instead be supportive, it establishes the sense of safety needed to take risks.