Michelle Mock

“Awful feelings may remain the same, but my capacity to handle them has grown.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“This was not one bad sentence. This was the best we could hope for.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name

“There have been numerous times I have not brought up my case because I do not want to upset anybody or spoil the mood. Because I want to preserve your comfort...You will find society asking you for the happy ending, saying come back when you're better, when what you say can make us feel good, when you have something more uplifting, affirming.

...I've found that victims identify more with pain than platitudes. When I write about weakness, about how I am barely getting through this, my hope is that they feel better, because it aligns with the truth they are living...I write because the most healing words I have been given are It's okay not to be okay...”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name