Evil Destroys Even Itself.

“Evil destroys even itself.”

— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

Craving one of those long hugs where you both feel warm and safe, and neither of you really want to let go

“The most vital right is the right to love and be loved.”

— Emma Goldman, “The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation”, Anarchism and Other Essays

"be not afraid"

demanding

you have no right to control another person's feelings

does not provide a productive alternative

"when you hide behind that rock I feel as though you don't appreciate the fact that I came all this way to deliver the word of god"

statement of fact

not pushy

opens conversation to productive compromise

emotionally aware

Goodbye Austen girl summer, hello Brontë girl fall