Alina

“when you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw”
― Jodi Picoult, House Rules

“Мое детство научило меня любить несовершенное и поломанное. Все объективно красивое и ладное любить легко. А бывает вот такая любовь на костылях - как афиши кинотеатра «Украина». Кто бы мог подумать, что, благодаря ей, я научусь всматриваться в людей и в города глубже, чем просто в черты лица и степень чистоты центральных улиц.”
― Ольга Котрус, Город, который меня съел

“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out inside. They learn to hide from their selves.” (p.97)”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma