Alexander

“I am not a man because of my biology; I am a man because I am. I am, I am, I am.”
― Ezra Woodger, To Be A Trans Man: Our Stories of Transition, Acceptance and Joy

“It sounds cruel, but survivors laugh and play, and even in the most horrible situations—perhaps especially in those situations—they continue to laugh and play. To deal with reality you must first recognize it as such, and as Siebert and others have pointed out, play puts a person in touch with his environment, while laughter makes the feeling of being threatened manageable.”
― Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

“A thing like this, dreaded for so long, finally arrives and among the avalanche of emotions there is a bitter and unbearable relief. It comes as a form of aggression, this relief, bringing with it strangely pugnacious thoughts. Enemies beware: the worst has happened. My father is gone. My madness will now bare itself.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief