Abbey

“Now can you rate your pain for me on a scale of one to ten?"
But I couldn't. It seemed so wrong to me then that there were only ten options, only ten types of pain. Because I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of types of pain in this world, maybe even thousands. And none of these are numbers on the same scale. They all hurt differently, and amounts have nothing to do with it. They all hurt too much, and not enough.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“And the thing about trying to cheat death is that, in the end, you still lose.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“It had hurt to accept what was wrong with me, but it hurt even more to have hope.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means

“They seem to understand that the world is a big, diverse place, and that different is not the same thing as scary. It’s amazing to me how many people mistake the two.”
― Julie Buxbaum, What to Say Next