“I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was a hurdle you jumped over, or a battle you won. Illness is a story told in the past tense.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I couldn't make myself happy, but I could make people around me miserable.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“You'd think solving mysteries would bring you closure, that closing the loop would comfort and quiet your mind. But it never does. The truth always disappoints.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can't visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no instruments”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“And even though I laughed with them, it felt like I was watching the whole thing from somewhere else, like I was watching a movie about my life instead of living it.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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