You have been untaught that within you are your answers. Within you may be pain and suffering. There may be sadness, regret, grief, a lost dream, a forgotten hope. There may be a lost child who had their childhood taken away. Perhaps an adult trapped inside that has never gone for it for fear of rejection, being laughed at, or looking like a failure. You’ve kept yourself protected because no one else did.
— Charlotte Cooper from Fading Before Dawn: Wilt, Fade, Dawn, Rise