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She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. For her, normality—however messy—is far more comprehensible.
“He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
“A problem isn't finished just because you've found the right answer.”
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
― The Housekeeper and the Professor
“Chronic illness changes the way you see yourself—it outlasts jobs, homes, relationships. Even the flimsiest reification has power.”
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
“Sometimes because, as hideous as this sounds to say, being loved is a necessary prerequisite for wanting to live but it is not sufficient on its own.”
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
― Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
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