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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:

“Initially, it can be hard to resist the temptation to see what this person is up to – but once you get past those cravings, recovery from that addiction is so much sweeter than taking another hit.”
— Shahida Arabi, 11 Badass Signs You’ve Moved On From Your Narcissistic Ex
Tagged: addictive love, Toxic Love, Healing from Narcissistic Abuse, Moving On, Moving On From An Ex
“Real love isn’t about shrinking so that your partner won’t feel small due to your larger-than-life light. Someone who truly loves you will admire you and will encourage you to pursue your dreams, just as you do for theirs. They won’t try to stifle your success because it threatens them – they’ll find ways to help it to flourish. Your victories will be their victories. You will be each other’s biggest fans.”
— Shahida Arabi, What Real Love Actually Looks Like, Because It’s Not About Being An Emotional Punching Bag
Tagged: What Real Love Looks Like, Emotional Abuse Isn't Love
“Real love won’t make you responsible for educating a grown ass person on how to be a decent human being. It’ll demand some level of compromise, but it won’t ask you to compromise your values or integrity.”
— Shahida Arabi, What Real Love Actually Looks Like, Because It’s Not About Being An Emotional Punching Bag
Tagged: What Real Love Looks Like, Emotional Abuse Isn't Love
“Real love and compassion isn’t about forgiving and forgetting your way through numerous transgressions, violations and betrayals. It’s about being able to let go of the person who would subject you to those in the first place.”
— Shahida Arabi, What Real Love Actually Looks Like, Because It’s Not About Being An Emotional Punching Bag
Tagged: What Real Love Looks Like, Emotional Abuse Isn't Love, Quote of the Moment
“It is dangerous to characterize those higher on the spectrum of narcissism as just struggling with self-esteem issues. We are all, as human beings, to an extent, struggling with self-esteem – but most of us do not chronically violate the rights of others as a result.”
— Shahida Arabi, Narcissists Don’t Always Suffer From Low Self-Esteem – Malignant Ones Are Just Entitled
Tagged: The Truth About Narcissism, Malignant Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, Narcissists, Sense of Entitlement, Self-Esteem
“So what drives their cruel and callous behavior? It’s not low self-esteem. It’s a deeply ingrained sense of excessive entitlement.”
— Shahida Arabi, Narcissists Don’t Always Suffer From Low Self-Esteem – Malignant Ones Are Just Entitled
Tagged: The Truth About Narcissism, Malignant Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, Narcissists, Sense of Entitlement
“White sun scattered all over the sea
He could think of nothing but her name "Elise"
God is the sweat running down his back
The water soaked her blonde hair black.”
— PJ Harvey, A Perfect Day Elise
Tagged: Literary References, Lyrics, J.D. Salinger, Song Lyrics, Dark Undercurrent
“Guys, women really don't care that much about nuclear button size.”
— Kate Willett
Tagged: Sassy Quotes, satire, Size Doesn't Matter, Or Does It, Political Commentary, Political Satire
“My most salient marked identities are that I’m African, Black, Catholic, and a woman...this tends to complicate people’s perception of me; it makes relating to all parts of me, difficult, for them...many people don’t seem to know what to do when complexity of self is embraced rather than denied. And people become uncomfortable; but I am not here to make you comfortable.”
— Kovie Biakolo, I Am Not Here To Make You Comfortable
Tagged: Race, Intersectionality, POC writers, Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Women, Identity Politics, Writing and Identity, The Complexity of Identity, I Do Not Exist For Your Comfort, Race and Religion, Race and Nationality, Intersectional Feminism, Women of Color Feminists, The Complexity of Self
“I have learned through writing about my interests and myself, that anyone who chooses to ignore any part of you, or hates any part of you, can never really know you.”
— Kovie Biakolo, I Am Not Here To Make You Comfortable
Tagged: Race, Intersectionality, POC writers, Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Women, Identity Politics, Writing and Identity, The Complexity of Identity, Denying Facets of Identity