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“There were also times, I have to admit, when I felt as if no one else could understand my pain. It seemed narcissistic even to contemplate. Yet that didn't make it feel any less true. Believing that your pain is exceptional doesn't lessen anyone else's. Pain is our universal condition. People can go through life without finding love, but no one lives long without experiencing real hurt. It can connect us or isolate us.”
― Hunter Biden, Beautiful Things: A Memoir

“And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am”
― Craig Silvey, Honeybee

“She asked me if I hated men, or if I liked men and hated that I liked them so much.”
― Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

“Surviving is the strongest memory I have; the sense of having walked on water –”
― Tim Winton, Breath