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When the clock struck midnight and she still hadn’t returned, I’d frantically dial her cell number on the old rotary phone until she picked up, just to hear her voice and make sure she was alive.
“At this point tears begin to fall from my eyes, not because I am sad or angry, but because I have never had these dueling aspects of my personality mirrored back to me in such a matter-of-fact way. I have, at so many times in my life, felt unknowable, but here I am having me explained to me as it feels to be me. One three-hour test and I finally have objective words to demystify a tumultuous and ambivalent life experience. “We will leave it here, but I have one last thing I would like to say. The Rorschach and image testing reveal evidence of trauma associated with very early childhood development. I see a preoccupation with blood, morbidity, dismissal, and power struggles. There is a way in which you present as very sturdy to the world, yet inside you are carrying an incredibly heavy weight. There is a you inside who feels invisible to those looking at you from the outside. I feel an incredible amount of compassion for how hard each day feels for you.” “Thank you,” I say, my voice quiet and quivering with emotion. “I really appreciate this.” “Yes,” he says, “I believe you really do.”
― Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
― Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
“She cried when she was happy and when she was sad and when the world felt like it was all just too much and her face was on fire and the only way to cool it down was to cry, cry, cry, cry, cry. It often felt selfish and irrational. She knew she was so lucky, so blessed. That there was no reason to cry. It didn’t matter; she would cry anyway.”
― Adelaide
― Adelaide
“Criticism is still a cousin of attention.”
― All-Night Pharmacy
― All-Night Pharmacy
“You could fall asleep spooning her and wake up with a screwdriver pressed to your throat.”
― All-Night Pharmacy
― All-Night Pharmacy
“What if beneath every lawyer's suit and every stay-at-home-parent's apron, everyone is just a baby who doesn't know what they're doing?”
― Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
― Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
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