“I’ve become a bitter person and I’m resigned to that fact. I can’t change my circumstances, so why try to change who I’ve become as a result of them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Through writing, I feel power for maybe the first time in my life. I don’t have to say somebody else’s words. I can write my own. I can be myself for once. I like the privacy of it. Nobody’s watching. Nobody’s judging. Nobody’s weighing in. No casting directors or agents or managers or directors or Mom. Just me and the page. Writing is the opposite of performing to me. Performing feels inherently fake. Writing feels inherently real.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I always forget that trying to reason with the unreasonable is... unreasonable.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I don't know the world, I don't even know myself. I'm forever daydreaming and often can't tell dreams from reality.”
― Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
― Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
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