“The DNA in your body determines your hair, your height, your eye color. It does not decide that you are going to get joy out of causing pain and hurting others like he did. It does not decide that you will break down other people so you can stand taller. You decide that, Blair. You get to choose. You get to be whoever the hell you want to be, and honestly, I think you made that choice a long time ago.”
Source: Illusive
“Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in return? Or a mother, or a brother, or a good friend? Wouldn't these be the promises that made life worth while?”
Source: The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
“Really? You’re actually trying to lie to me now? Me…your mother who programmed you from conception. You think I don’t know my own magnificent creation?”
Source: A Sinful Sacrifice
“We must remember our ancestors and humble ourselves.”
Source: Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future
“There is a beautiful balance that comes with embracing femininity.”
Source: Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future
“Both my mother and father had to go into my elementary school and argue with the principal on my behalf in order to protect my rights, multiple times.”
Source: Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future
“I know I’m difficult. I really don’t know how GiGi endured me for so long. She always managed to find a way to incorporate my quirks into our lives without making it seem abnormal.”
Source: A Sinful Sacrifice
“Beyond my final breath,” she muttered to the wailing skies remorsefully. Those four words stayed with Harper her whole life. First, they were spoken words of love from her father to her mother, like a promise of forever, a promise to last long beyond their end. Then it became a motto of affection and love to their children, and now, now she felt she had broken the promise of that love.”
Source: The Scribemaster Chronicles
“Keep Patience, it is happening for you, somewhere.”
Source: I Love the Way You Love Me
“Perhaps it is only someone who has experienced first-hand what family can and should mean who can be so ruthless when they write about those who fall short of producing the ideal for their offspring.”
Source: Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory: The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl's Most Famous Creation.