“The second radical choice I made was to notice and then express the face that I was filled with rage and grief. Who knew? This was very disloyal to my family, for me to no longer play along with the family plan, but all the ways of pretending that I'd been taught were crippling, life-threatening. They had turned me from a delicious dough of flour, yeast, sugar and salt into a desperately self-conscious pretzel.”
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott
“It was very urgent that I got out of my life.
Inside the greasy spoon's steamed up windows and haze of cigarette smoke, this sense of urgency accelerated. I had so little time. Time for what? I didn't know but I was convinced there was another sort of life waiting for me and I had to work out what it was before I cleaned the oven.”
― Things I Don't Want to Know
Inside the greasy spoon's steamed up windows and haze of cigarette smoke, this sense of urgency accelerated. I had so little time. Time for what? I didn't know but I was convinced there was another sort of life waiting for me and I had to work out what it was before I cleaned the oven.”
― Things I Don't Want to Know
“I feel like all I ever do is hurt you," you said.
"So stop," I said.
And you looked so confused.
Like you didn't realize you could.”
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"So stop," I said.
And you looked so confused.
Like you didn't realize you could.”
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“An alignment crisis happens when we remain chronically misaligned with our purpose.”
― The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself
― The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself
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