Amy Giubilo

“The more anxious we are, the more high-functioning we will make ourselves appear, which just encourages the world to lean on us more.”
― Sarah Wilson, First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety

“Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves