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Zoey
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“I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. I wish it to be sound and sweet, and not to need diet and bleeding.”
― Self-Reliance
― Self-Reliance
“This must be the most important factor in your choice of a life partner," he told Ada. "Who will most patiently and enthusiastically support your ambitions?”
― The Unseen World
― The Unseen World
“A diagnosis is comforting because it provides a framework—a community, a lineage—and, if luck is afoot, a treatment or cure. A diagnosis says that I am crazy, but in a particular way: one that has been experienced and recorded not just in modern times,”
― The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
― The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
“Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Depression is often compared to diabetes-- in other words, it's not your fault if you get it, and you'll be fine if you just take care of it. Schizophrenia, on the other hand, is compared to Alzheimer's-- it's still not your fault if you get it, but there's no fixing it and though you may not intend to be a burden, you'll still be one until you die.”
― The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
― The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
Zoey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Zoey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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