“You know how you’re in the middle of a sentence and you realize at the end you’re going to need to call up a certain word and you’re worried you won’t be able to, but you’re already committed so you hurtle along and then pause because you’ve arrived at the end but the word hasn’t? And it’s not even a ten-dollar word you’re after, like polemic or shibboleth, but a two-dollar word, like distinctive, so you just end up saying amazing?”
― Today Will Be Different
― Today Will Be Different
“Because the other way wasn’t working. The waking up just to get the day over with until it was time for bed. The grinding it out was a disgrace, an affront to the honor and long shot of being alive at all.”
― Today Will Be Different
― Today Will Be Different
“Pain I'm good with. It's discomfort I can't handle.”
― Today Will Be Different
― Today Will Be Different
“One thing that happens when you have an alcoholic for a parent is you grow up the child of an alcoholic. ... For a quick trip around the bases, it means you blame yourself for everything, you avoid reality, you can't trust people, you're hungry to please. Which isn't all bad: perfectionism makes the straight-A student; lack of trust begets self-sufficiency; low self-esteem can be a terrific motivator; if everyone were so gung-ho on reality, there'd be no art.”
― Today Will Be Different
― Today Will Be Different
“How's your day so far?"
"Oh, can't complain," he said. "You?"
"Can complain, but won't.”
― Today Will Be Different
"Oh, can't complain," he said. "You?"
"Can complain, but won't.”
― Today Will Be Different
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