Every moment of profound self-assertion reveals a history of unrecognised pain.
2. Addiction, in a way, can be defined by the inability to see a way out of a state of being.
3. If you want to better understand your own history and culture, learn someone elseโs.
4. Masculinity is a lot pudgier than the YouTube man promised.
5. Anxiety makes you spend more time with your imagined conversations with people than the people themselves. The problem is that events that didnโt happen can still drain you of your self-esteem.
6. I sometimes think that conversation is just the continuous waiting for listening to happen. I always thought listening was about giving rather than receiving, but it might actually be the greatest act of self-love possible.
7. The depths of your experience are defined by the depths of your expression.