“How can I put this? There's a king of gap between what I think is real and what's really real. I get this feeling like some kind of little something-or-other is there, somewhere inside me... like a burglar is in the house, hiding in a wardrobe... and it comes out every once in a while and messes up whatever order or logic I've established for myself. The way a magnet can make a machine go crazy.”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Sometimes there's nothing you can do. Maybe sometimes promises had to be broken. Maybe sometimes you were doomed to failure from the start, no matter how hard you fought. But acknowledging your own helplessness was no consolation - if anything, it just made you feel worse.”
― Songkeeper
― Songkeeper
“The notion that life could be any different - that it could be better - becomes inconceivable. You forget how good it was to be normal. Worst of all, you come to believe that you prefer it this way.”
― An Apple a Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia
― An Apple a Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia
“Girls are genius at getting through sexual abuse. Often the only way to get through is not to feel. And that is exactly what these fantasy worlds allow: They give girls a place to go so they don't have to be present in their violated bodies. Brilliant.”
― Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse
― Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse
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