Glennon Doyle

Right around ten is when we begin to internalize our formal taming.

How much of who I’ve become is inherent, and how much was just inherited?

Tish is sensitive, and that is her superpower. The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.