14 Quotes by Terese Marie Mailhot

I can hear my aunt's voice, telling me that if my security depends on a man's words or action, I've lost sight of my power.

Sometimes I know part of me is still a ghost, walking next to my mother, looking for something to make an offering to, holding her hand. Either this feeling means that part of me is dead, or that she's alive, somewhere inside of me.

I was not right to want to die. I didn't want to leave my family. I liked my mind and its potential. I knew the type of burden I was. I was like my mother.

I have tried not to call her my mother. I started to believe that a person cannot own land or a family member.

You are such a home to me.

I didn't know if what I felt was authenticity, or a disease that would overtake me.

Romanticism requires bravery and risk.

Each child, woman, and man should know a limit of containment. Nobody should be asked to hold more.

When you told me that I want too much, I considered how much you take.