“i feel best when i’m not looked at, i wish no one could see me, i wish i didn’t have a body.”— Alyssa Froehling, alienmouth.com
“When you have low self-esteem, to be embraced at your most vile is a marvel.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.com
“She, however, stood and said nothing. / Small, unnoticed, she stood in the crowd, listened, and said / nothing.”— Gertrud Kolmar, amazon.com
“Gentle reminder that the human eye is naturally drawn by noise and movement, so the next time you walk into a crowd or a bit late into a lecture or something like that, they’re not staring at you or judging; it’s just an instinctive reaction that has nothing to do with you doing anything wrong.”— @daggerpen, daggerpen.tumblr.com
“You've spent a lifetime stuck in silence, afraid you'll say something wrong.”— Professor Green, Emeli Sande, open.spotify.com
“Having anxiety isn’t just feeling anxious, it’s caring so much of what others think that you live in constant fear. It keeps your mind racing on small things that aren’t even a big deal. It is a battle against you and your caring mind.”— velllvet, velllvet.tumblr.com
“He said, ‘Don’t you feel lonely living in your own little world?’ She whispered, ‘Don’t you feel powerless living in other people’s worlds?”— F.G., theslytherinworld.tumblr.com
“Teacher: Ok you will be working with partners for this activity. Me: *panics* Kid: Can we pick our own groups? Teacher: No. Me: *long internal sigh of relief*”— tsunderetrashheap, tsunderetrashheap.tumblr.com
“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.”— Sophia Dembling, amazon.com