Amelia McCarthy

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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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I yearn to know the people I love deeply and intimately—without context, without boxes—and I yearn for them to know me that way, too.

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“She knew there were only small joys in life--the big ones were too complicated to be joys when you got all through--and once you realized that, it took a lot of the pressure off.”
― Lorrie Moore, Like Life: Stories

tags: big-joys, complicated, joy, joys, life, like-life, living, lorrie-moore, pressure, quote, quotes, realization, short-story, small-joys

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“I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to 'make them alive'…but I'm just a fucked up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.”
― Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

tags: equality, feminism, idolizing, male-insecurity, muse, peace-of-mind

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