“When you’re given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. The world doesn’t give things, you take things. If you learn one thing from me, it should probably be that.”
Source: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“Always know there are friends somewhere rooting for you. There are people you don’t know, always praying for you and lifting you before God. - Jenee, from "To the Survivors".”
Source: To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
“Now, it’s undeniably true that male writers (including yours truly) are generally and commercially allowed to write about “girl stuff” without being penalized for doing so. In part this is the same old shit it’s always been ... I’ve said before that men who write mostly about men win prizes for revealing the human condition, while women who write about both men and women are filed away as writing “womens’ issues.” Likewise, in fantasy, the imprimatur of a dude somehow makes stuff like romance, relationship drama, introspection, and adorable animal companions magically not girly after all.
In a sense, we male fantasists are allowed to be like money launderers for girl cooties."
[Game of Thrones and Invisible Cootie Vectors (blog post, March 30, 2014)]”
“I think it is important to recognize one’s power, one’s capacities, and one’s dreams. We were actually talking about this in the last men’s group we had. We were talking about these dreams they had as kids and how they just disappeared. They just seemed like they couldn’t even be followed anymore. So for me that’s a loss of power. That’s a loss of their power; their own belief that they control their world. But they need to understand that their actions matter." - Chris”
Source: To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
“I think I just said it, but I think it’s worth repeating. They gave me hope that there is good in the world out there. There really is. It really does exist. Regardless of how bad things can be, and how down on your luck you can be, or how bad your trust is broken when it comes to warming up to people and all that stuff, I know that there’s people out there that genuinely wanna help. Putting yourself in that position is a huge step, and it’s a very risky and fragile step, but it’s also a step that needs to be taken because there is help. And you can get through something like this. You really can. - Jim, from "To the Survivors”
Source: To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
“The only rule is that truth must empower you, make you better in every way possible.”
Source: Live Your Truth
“Rise up, empower yourself and take a step. The only way to know that you still have some amount of strength in you when you fall is to attempt to rise up. However if you believe you don't have any strength, you will remain where you are!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“This book is dedicated to all who have been affected by sexual violence.”
Source: To the Survivors: One Man's Journey as a Rape Crisis Counselor with True Stories of Sexual Violence
“I was supposed to be powerless, and as a result they failed to see that I possessed claws.”
Source: Bleeds My Desire
“[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fields."
[Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)]”