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“I need my skull in one piece. Crushing it would be like taking a wrecking ball to some secret museum before anyone ever got to see what's inside it.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“What if there was a time when I was going through hell too, but I didn't have the courage to keep going? So I just stopped. Pressed pause. What if I'm still on pause?”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“I know from doing portraits that you have to look at someone a really long time to see what they're covering up, to see their inside face, and when you do see it, and get it down, that's the thing that makes people freak out about how much a drawing looks like them.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“That I’m fucking terrified of you. That I cant seem to keep you out like I can everyone else. That I think you could devastate me.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun