“I was never the one just having fun. I was the one anticipating consequences.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“They all do, I think. You are in all of my happiest places. You are where my mind goes when it needs to be soothed.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place
“For this scribe has read a great many of these accounts and taken away another lesson: that to be a woman is to have your story misremembered. Discarded. Twisted.”
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
― The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
“So I stopped showing it when I was upset, just went along with whatever she said and did. And eventually, I just sort of...stopped getting upset. Stopped feeling the bad stuff.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“Whenever any of us had a negative emotion, it only made things worse. She turned it around on us, and we'd end up apologizing for being hurt or angry or sad, and I never knew what was right or normal. I mean, everyone who met my mom loved her. Teachers, the other parents, my friends. If she wants to, she can make you feel like the center of the universe, like her favorite. I used to love having friends over, because she'd turn into this different person. The funny, warm mom who loved me.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
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