(433 quotes found)
“Facing the fear in order to heal is so much more important than the fear itself. The fear will fade in time and you will become stronger than you ever imagined.”
Cathy Gipson
“So many times I felt like giving up, like it wasn't worth it....It, I was never going to get better. But, in the end I kept fighting, taking the deep breaths and fighting again, getting up and fighting again. I'm just too stubborn to give up. And now, I thrive, I'm determined and strong. The fight is hell on earth, but you do get to a better place. Living a life in that whole, in that darkness was not an option for me, I had no choice but to fight.”
“Strength comes when fears are faced. When we face the wounds and fears of what has happened, the healing can begin. It no longer holds us prisoner in our own lives. We can't be afraid to have courage.”
“Forgiveness can be very hard, but not impossible....each victim/survivor in their own way and time can forgive, and the forgiveness is really more for the victim/survivor that it is for the abuser.”
“I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will, his pleasure, his desire, his life, his work, his sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don’t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated. I don’t mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling, be all that I am capable of doing, but I am going to be pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of a male at his time, his bidding.”
Anais Nin
“When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.”
Camille Paglia
“I have never been sexually aroused by a man. But I have yet to kiss Johnny Depp, so you never know.”
Dave Navarro
“Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses”
Charles Baudelaire
“My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people.”
Dusty Springfield
