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“I often feel like I can be allowed to play only if I follow the rules men made. And those rules? They downright suck.”
― Love, Theoretically
― Love, Theoretically
“Above all else, overwork was a distraction that blotted out the dull, but ambient emotional discomfort that was always there, a feeling of unworthiness that I’ve been running from my entire life. Work made me feel like I was somebody other than the unlovable monster I was quite sure I was inside. It allowed me to feel that if I cosplayed long enough as a cool and confident professional, I could obliterate that monster for good.”
― Ambition Monster: A Memoir
― Ambition Monster: A Memoir
“Our bodies were used to stop bullets, thought Ellwood. He could think of nothing else.”
― In Memoriam
― In Memoriam
“Whatever is going through that beautiful mind, I’m here for it.”
― Iron Flame
― Iron Flame
“Bold of you to assume that the real me is my best hand.”
“Foolish of you to think it isn’t.”
― Love, Theoretically
“Foolish of you to think it isn’t.”
― Love, Theoretically
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