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Shahida Arabi

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Bestselling Author. Content Writer for Thought Catalog. Quotes about empowerment, healing, victory.
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800 quotes curated by Shahida Arabi:

“It's human nature to try and hold on to things.”
— Ezra Fitz, Pretty Little Liars, Season 1: Can You Hear Me Now
Tagged: Human Nature, Holding On
“If he’s making you feel more pain than pleasure, then this defeats the purpose of being a fuckboy in the first place.”
— Katerina Lolita, 11 Reminders For Every Grown Ass Woman Tired Of Fuckboys
Tagged: fuckboys, Hookup
“My husband told me he thinks my sexual orientation is 'being right' and I’ve never felt more seen.”
— Jessica Valenti
Tagged: Being Right, LOL, humor, Sassy, True, Quote of the Moment
“At first glance, energy vampires can seem highly attractive. They often are good-looking, bold, flamboyant or intelligent, and may appear to have a high opinion of you as indicated by their flattering attention. Drawing you into their inner circle may seem like just the boost you need in your usually drab work environment. However, be aware that they are “grooming” you — setting you up to exploit you in whichever way best suits their purposes later.”
— Dr. Sophie Henshaw, How to Avoid Being Drained by Energy Vampires
Tagged: Energy Vampires, Psychic Vampires, Narcissism, Narcissists, Love-bombing, grooming, Predator and Prey, Narcissistic Abuse, Headline Examples
“Chic: We’ll start with why I webcam. One of the reasons is to make money. The other reason is...to escape.

Betty: To pretend to be someone else.

Chic: Yes, but...more than that...it’s a way of getting away from the darkness I feel inside me too.”
— Charles "Chic" Smith, Riverdale, Season 2: Chapter Twenty-Six
Tagged: The Darkness Within, Addiction, Escape, Dissociation, pretending
“FP: Penny’s a cobra, but mutilating her...that’s the kinda thing you don’t come back from, Jug.

Jughead: Yeah, like stuffing a teenager’s body in a freezer.”
— Judghead Jones, Riverdale, Season 2: Chapter Twenty-Six
Tagged: shady, Touche, The Darkness Within, Accessory to Murder, Far Gone
“You lied to us! That shady guy wasn’t one of your customers, he was a drug dealer.”
— Betty Cooper, Riverdale, Season 2: Chapter Twenty-Six
Tagged: Funny Lies, shady
“What would you know about it? You've never known love, Cheryl, except to rip it apart. Because you are a jealous, spite-filled, starving, emotional anorexic. Have a nice day at school, dear.”
— Penelope Blossom, Riverdale, Season 2: Chapter Twenty-Seven
Tagged: Love, Ouch, Clapback, insults, Emotional Aneroxia
“The reason that Harry Potter can withstand Voldemort is that he's got a piece of him. He's been touched by it. The way you keep psychopaths at bay is to develop the inner psychopath so you know one when you see one. That's a voluntary thing, a set of tools you have at your disposal, which is a full knowledge of evil.”
— Jordan B. Peterson, Jordan Peterson- Developing Your Inner Psychopath
Tagged: Knowledge, No More Naivete, Literary References, Harry Potter, Voldemort, The Beast Within, The Inner Psychopath, Narcissism, Good And Evil, Headline Examples
“It would not surprise me terribly if the show ended with the reveal that Penelope was masterminding every single one of these murders just to see if she could feel anything.”
— David Berry, Why the FBI profilers in Criminal Minds are the real psychopaths
Tagged: LOL, Funny, Morbid Humor, Dark Humor, Analysis of TV Shows, Character Analysis, TV Show Characters, Psychopaths, satire