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“Wouldn’t she want that? For me to ad-lib my life instead of living by some typed-in-twelve-point-Courier-New script?”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies

“Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.”
― Robyn Schneider, The Beginning of Everything

“Furthermore, because so many conversations surrounding mental health come at the topic from a white, male, suburban, middle-class, cisgender perspective,”
― Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Ab[solutely] Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257-foot bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you’re standing next to the right person.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places