If we don’t tell our stories, someone else will tell them for us.
Kiese Laymon – Heavy
Storytelling Ownership
S
Silence and Invisibility
S
I was taught that silence would save me, but it only made me more invisible.
Kiese Laymon – Heavy
Self-Compromise
S
We often smash ourselves to fit into places that aren’t meant for us.
Kiese Laymon – Heavy
Self-Erasure
S
I thought I was changing for them, but I was erasing myself.
Kiese Laymon – Heavy
Overcoming Damage
O
Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means it no longer controls you.
Kiese Laymon – Heavy
Love and Letting Go
L
You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them, she says now. You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.
Tara Westover – Educated
Self-Discovery
S
First find out what you are capable of, then decide who you are.
Tara Westover – Educated
Family Influence
F
I am not the child my father raised, but he is the father who raised her.
Tara Westover – Educated
Emotional Vulnerability
E
It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you.
Tara Westover – Educated
Personal Growth
P
An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.
Tara Westover – Educated