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“Cara, we must not wait to live the life we want. Find a way to be present with the people you love.”
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
“Very few people can handle being held accountable without rationalizing, blaming, or shutting down;”
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
“Nobody needed to know what happened between us. It felt good to keep it private. Like praying. You don’t have to announce that you pray. I don’t need no one to make me feel bad about it. José was the antídoto to some of the most poisonous years of my life. He filled the emptiness of my apartment.”
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
“She knew I had to cry until I undrown from the inside.”
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
“As it turns out, being able to see what’s coming doesn’t make it any less painful when it arrives. In fact, knowing probably just upped my anticipatory anxiety and my intolerance for vulnerability. The eggshells weren’t on the ground; they were duct-taped to the soles of my shoes.”
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
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