“U.S. dollars are not backed by anything other than the faith of the fools who accept it as payment and of other fools who agree in turn to accept it as payment from them. The main difference is that, for the moment at least, the illusion, in the case of dollars, is more widely and more fiercely beli…”— Maria Bustillos, medium.com
“It’s 2018. Marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn’t, it’s gonna be a good year!”— Seth Meyers, ew.com
“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“Donald Trump and his tiny band of campaign warriors were ready to lose with fire and fury. They were not ready to win.”— Michael Wolff, amazon.com
“You’re not here to settle. You're not here to bow down to those who give you crumbs. You’re not here to waste time catering to people who couldn’t care less if they destroyed you in the process of getting what they want.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“It's amazing how you can have this rich and vibrant inner world without hardly anyone knowing. It's like having a secret identity.”— INFJRamblings, twitter.com
“I'm the worst kind of addict. I'm addicted to the rush of life.”— Sheila Callaghan, Lisa Morales, Robbie Pratt, Nick Gehlfuss, imdb.com
“The payouts of A-list actors and the wolves of Wall Street just aren’t that impressive among the Silicon Valley elite. Managing directors at top-tier investment banks may pocket a million a year and be worth tens of millions after a long career. Early employees at tech firms like Uber, Airbnb, and S…”— Emily Chang, vanityfair.com
“Real love and compassion isn’t about forgiving and forgetting your way through numerous transgressions, violations and betrayals. It’s about being able to let go of the person who would subject you to those in the first place.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Who would you be without trauma? How much of you was created out of survival?”— Sex Therapist, twitter.com
“See, when the women society call too “damaged” perform better than those who never were, it tends to upset the status quo.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don’t know why you’re still single — but it’s probably because you have actual standards. Because you aren’t going to date someone just for the sake of dating them. Because, even though you sometimes say that you hate yourself, you still practice self-love. You still do what is best for yourself.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Psychopaths have little aptitude for experiencing the emotional responses – fear and anxiety – that are the mainsprings of conscience.”— Robert D. Hare, amazon.com
“The psychopathic partner will rarely celebrate or show interest in the success or welfare of their partner unless it serves them in some way. Once they have hooked their victims into investing in them, they unmask their true selves. This goes beyond just normal self-absorption; it lies on the cusp o…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Technology just feels so demanding, all the time. And as people have spent more time interacting with digital media, they spend less time interacting with each other face-to-face.”— Jean Twenge, washingtonpost.com
“Social media is like kerosene poured on the flame of social comparison, dramatically increasing the information about people that we're exposed to and forcing our minds to assess.”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“I am willing to acknowledge other points of view...while making clear that they're wrong.”— Roxane Gay, youtube.com
“If you’re loving it this year, hold on because it goes by fast. If you’re not loving it this year, hold on because it goes by fast.”— John Mayer, twitter.com
“She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.”— Ariana Dancu, facebook.com