MEJ BURRELL

“Agoraphobia is about being afraid of fear itself in a way Franklin Roosevelt probably never comprehended. It’s the all-consuming dread of having a full-fledged panic attack in any location where there’s no escape route, no shelter, no protection. For someone with this preoccupation, the very logical, rational thing to do is to stay in the sanctuary where he knows he can survive, without the risk of public embarrassment, should fear catch him off guard. Our”
― Erin Healy, Motherless

“The art of reading is to know and understand the things which go unsaid. There is as much to be learned from the spaces between, the empty lines, as there is from the words on the page. I”
― Linda Green, While My Eyes Were Closed

“People on TV talk about kids having no self-esteem. Complete bullshit. Kids today got self-esteems the size of fucking Wyoming. Self-esteem oozes from every pore on their bodies. They been told they’re special since the day they popped out of mama and a hundred times a day since. They believe it. They haven’t done a goddamn thing in their lives, but they know they’re special. So when they fail at sports or school or life, it’s not because they didn’t work hard enough or they’re just not smart enough or good enough. No, they’re special, so it’s got to be someone else’s fault. They didn’t fail. Someone made them fail. Now we’ve got an entire generation of fucked-up narcissists ’cause their mamas told them they’re special.”
― Mark Gimenez, The Case Against William

“Congress routinely exempted itself from the laws it imposed on the citizens, much as the ruling parties in Russia and China do. Consequently, the five hundred thirty-five members of Congress could freely and legally trade stocks on inside information whereas the other three hundred million Americans could not. Frank disagreed with the law, but it was still the law.”
― Mark Gimenez, The Case Against William