“don’t you dare, for one minute, believe that my kindness makes me anything but insurmountable. I did not unzip my chest to every kind of hurt, and stagger back, wounded and alive, just to hear you call me weak for trying.” KindnessStrengthFortitudeStrength Of Character Author:Ashe Vernon
“What they don’t tell you about the illusion is that I am as much lion as I am lion tamer. And I got good at inflicting pain the same way I got good at soothing it. This, we call unfortunate, but inevitable.” PainHealingTrauma Book:Belly of the Beast Source: Belly of the Beast
“What they don’t tell you about standing up for what you believe in is that your feet will bruise and your legs will ache.” LifeBeliveStanding Up Author:Ashe Vernon