“Do you hate me?' I asked.
He smiled, his eyes made a slightly paler blue with tears in them. 'You're asking if I hate you for being a woman with a fuckload of unruly feelings?'
I nodded.
'No I don't hate you,' he said. 'Jesus baby. Why would I want anything else?' And I stared at him, enthralled.”
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
He smiled, his eyes made a slightly paler blue with tears in them. 'You're asking if I hate you for being a woman with a fuckload of unruly feelings?'
I nodded.
'No I don't hate you,' he said. 'Jesus baby. Why would I want anything else?' And I stared at him, enthralled.”
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
“Look, I admire people who can spend all their time living smack in the middle of their problems and fears. But if I had that innate capability, I probably wouldn't have become a drunk. And in early sobriety I saw nothing wrong with taking my reality in small doses.”
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
“What I'm thinking, but don't know yet how to say out loud, is Does anyone know what they're becoming until they've become it? I'd been running for three years before I realized I was a runner. I'd been drinking for twenty-five before I knew I was a drunk.”
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
“Yes, he had a temper that left at least one hole in our walls before he went to therapy and got a handle on it. But he treated me like a superhero princess and was also warm, responsible, hilarious, and kind to children and animals.”
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage sweet. Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading -- that is a good life.”
― The Writing Life
― The Writing Life
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