mad mags

“It’s tragic that these kids will never get to see the real Lilo & Stitch, because it has to be the best animated movie ever made. But I am proud that it’s my most requested movie retelling. Though I’m certain that comes from the fact that we’re all our own little fucked-up ‘ohana.”
― Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning

“I have more tools now than ever, and that helps, but sometimes the only thing that I accomplish in a day is just surviving. It’s both an amazing achievement and also tinged with shame, as you see others who seem to whiz past you as you barely tread water. Maybe they’re treading water too. You can’t tell. You’re just trying to breathe.”
― Jenny Lawson, Broken

“I wasn’t exactly arrested, but I was taken into custody and driven to the Dallas police station in a squad car. On the last block of the ride, people—some of them reporters, most of them ordinary citizens—pounded on the windows and peered inside. In a clinical, distant way, I wondered if I would perhaps be dragged from the car and lynched for attempting to murder the president. I didn’t care. What concerned me most was my bloodstained shirt. I wanted it off; I also wanted to wear it forever. It was Sadie’s blood.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

“It’s exhausting always having to be aware of whether you’re being too much yourself for other people’s comfort.”
― Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School