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“It was proof that I had not always been completely alone in this world. But I think I was also holding on to the loss, to the emptiness of the house itself, as though to affirm that it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn’t.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“And then I kissed you and, for that second, just for that one moment, the whole world and all its bullshit completely disappeared.”
― Jen Campbell, The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night

“The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you're having one, it is somehow not obvious to you. I'm fine, you think. So what if I watched TV for twenty-four straight hours yesterday. I'm not falling apart. I'm just lazy. Why it's better to think yourself lazy than think yourself in distress, I'm not sure. But it was better. More than better: it was vital.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“You’re a defiant act of creation. You’re a whole solar system pretending to be a person.”
― Elisabeth Hewer, Wishing for Birds