Candace

“I can tell you that “Just cheer up” is almost universally looked at as the most unhelpful depression cure ever. It’s pretty much the equivalent of telling someone who just had their legs amputated to “just walk it off.” Some people don’t understand that for a lot of us, mental illness is a severe chemical imbalance rather just having “a case of the Mondays.” Those same well-meaning people will tell me that I’m keeping myself from recovering because I really “just need to cheer up and smile.” That’s when I consider chopping off their arms and then blaming them for not picking up their severed arms so they can take them to the hospital to get reattached.”
― Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

“If I cannot see the moon, I'll make my own.”
― Jenny Lawson, You Are Here: An Owner's Manual for Dangerous Minds

“Try your best. That's always been good enough for the people who love you.”
― Seanan McGuire, Half-Off Ragnarok

“This is my party. This book. The book is good. It asks no questions. The book lets me engage it on my terms.”
― Kurtis J. Wiebe, Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery