“The silence depressed me. It wasn’t the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“In any given moment we have two options: To step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”

— Abraham Maslow

“You can’t calm the storm so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.”

— Timber Hawkeye

“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.”

— Mandy Hale

“Staying quiet doesn’t mean I have nothing to say, it means I don’t think you’re ready to hear my thoughts.”

— Unknown