“I now know that a kid’s calibration for what’s normal is determined by whatever she grows up with. If your dad’s a drug dealer and your mom works in the sex industry, that’s just your regular life. For”
― Tell Me Everything: A Memoir
― Tell Me Everything: A Memoir
“words don’t come with gift receipts and you can’t take them back.”
― Rock Paper Scissors
― Rock Paper Scissors
“Nostalgia is a dangerous drug, but I enjoy the sensation of happier memories flooding my mind.”
― Rock Paper Scissors
― Rock Paper Scissors
“Many of us put off dealing with our negative childhood programming until well into our forties and fifties. These issues come politely knocking at our door in our twenties, then rap louder in our thirties. If you delay looking at your programming until your forties, you are likely to have the message delivered with sledgehammer blows.”
― Tell Me Everything: A Memoir
― Tell Me Everything: A Memoir
“I wish people were more like books. If you realise halfway through a novel that you aren’t enjoying it anymore, you can just stop and find something new to read. Same with films and TV dramas. There is no judgement, no guilt, nobody even needs to know unless you choose to tell them. But with people, you tend to have to see it through to the end, and sadly not everyone gets to live happily ever after.”
― Rock Paper Scissors
― Rock Paper Scissors
Lindsay’s 2025 Year in Books
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