6 Quotes by Leah Darrow

To be a woman is to be more than our parts. It is to be more than the length of our lashes or the plumpness and color of our lips.

The opposite of love is not hate; it is use. Use is the abuse of love; in fact, it betrays love. When we use another person, we place their needs below our own, but worse yet, we place their value and dignity below ours.

My parents are really good people. . .and mostly normal. . .Their rules made practical sense--eat your vegetables, don't ride your bike through cow manure, and don't let your little brother eat his boogers--all of which were good but weren't exactly rules with life-changing consequences if they weren't followed.

As a little girl I was scared of monsters. My parents told me they didn't exist. How I wish they would have told me the whole truth. Monsters do exist; they're just not hiding in closets.

But the truth that I did not understand at the time was that God did not make our bodies for public consumption or consumerism. We are not the sum of our physical attributes and what we can contribute to others' satisfaction. All those thoughts about how we are not good enough, skinny enough, or perfect enough are, quite plainly, lies.

As a little girl I was scared of monsters. My parents told me they didn’t exist. How I wish they would have told me the whole truth. Monsters do exist; they’re just not hiding in closets.