“This research tells us that the majority of us, when we are grown men and women, predictably stick with the music that captured us in the earliest phase of our adolescence.”— Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, nytimes.com
“My head, like a lot of people's heads, is kind of like a neighborhood you don't want to walk around alone in late at night.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, open.spotify.com
“My head, like a lot of people's heads, is kind of like a neighborhood you don't want to walk around alone in late at night.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, open.spotify.com
“If schools aim to boost students’ future income by teaching job skills, why do they entrust students’ education to people so detached from the real world?”— Bryan Caplan, theatlantic.com
“I am compassionate with myself when I’m not perfect. Recovery is not linear.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“Fear. It's the most basic, the most human emotion. As kids, we're afraid of everything. The dark. The boogeyman under the bed. And we pray for morning. For the monsters to go away. Though they never do. Not really.”— Nicholas Zwart, Tessa Leigh William, Jughead Jones, Cole Sprouse, imdb.com
“Facebook appeals to your lizard brain — primarily fear and anger. And with smartphones, they’ve got you for every waking moment.”— Roger McNamee, nytimes.com
“Personally, it has taken me 47 years to stop calling people who are mean to you ‘in love’ with you. It took a long time because I think that as little girls we are conditioned to believe that cruelty and love somehow have a connection and that is like the sort of era that we need to evolve out of.”— Uma Thurman, nytimes.com
“You cannot, you cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.”— Audre Lorde, amazon.com
“She is sharp, with a witty tongue that tends to get her in trouble. She has no issue with burning a bridge and watching it go up in flames if it means staying true to herself.”— Kristin Michelle Elizabeth, thoughtcatalog.com
“Somewhere there’s somebody and a place where you belong. So you give yourself a talking-to and slowly move along.”— Johnny Cash, amazon.com
“I'm never gonna let you close to me, even though you mean the most to me.”— Sam Smith, open.spotify.com
“We hope that the conniving manipulator will suddenly morph into an evolved human being who says, “I can’t believe how I’ve been acting! Thank goodness you’ve told me, I am off to change now and become a better person!” Anyone who has ever dealt with a real narcissist knows how absurd this fantasy is…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Perhaps meeting one predator in one lifetime is traumatizing enough. However, when there are a chain of traumas that shape your early development, this complex trauma is enough to send anyone over the edge.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com