Bessie-isms:

*No one will ever oppress you as much as you oppress yourself. Before you can toss off another’s chains, you need to rid yourself of the ones you willingly put on.

*It is beyond tragic to see someone drag all of their wounds from childhood into their adult life, simply because they are familiar.

Quotable:

I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary, and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.

Robert Lynd