Avi

“Other people would call him sensitive, but it is more than that. The dial is broken, the volume turned all the way up. Moments of joy registered as brief, but ecstatic. Moments of pain stretched long and unbearably loud.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“I’d love to return my brain to factory settings.”
― Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

“Here is the thing about men lying to women while telling them they are crazy or overreacting. The lying, the underplaying on their side, makes us doubt our intuition and intelligence, so eventually when suspicions are confirmed, when we find out we have been correct all along, we do go batshit fucking crazy. And it is warranted.”
― Anna Marie Tendler, Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir

“I have existed for twenty-one years. I didn’t live them all, but from now on I am hoping to.”
― Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought