What if we used our mothering love less like a laser, burning holes into the children assigned to us, and more like the sun, making sure all kids are… - Glennon Doyle

Maybe Eve was never meant to be our warning. Maybe she was meant to be our model. Own your wanting. Eat the apple. Let it burn.

Good art originates not from the desire to show off but from the desire to show yourself. Good art always comes from our desperate desire to breathe, to be seen, to be loved. In everyday life, we are used to seeing only the shiny outer layer of folks. Art makes us less lonely because it always comes from the desperate center of the artist — and each of our centers is desperate. That's why good art is such a relief.

Defensiveness is for people who are afraid that what they have can be taken from them.