Elizabeth

“I honestly didn’t think much about it because I was buried so deep in self-obsession that anything that didn’t revolve around me didn’t mean much.”
― Amber Tozer, Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir

“The version of you that wore smaller pants The version of you that wore ten sizes bigger than you do now All those versions are good The you in the photos way back in your camera roll that make your heart sink Because you feel you’ve let yourself go—that version and this version? Both good The version of you that you’d never want to mentally feel like But still wish you physically looked like”
― Josie Balka, I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living

“But both are equally worthy And there truthfully never has been a version of you That you thought was good while it was yours You only wanted it back after it was gone And that cycle will continue for the rest of your life.”
― Josie Balka, I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living

“The last thing on my mind is sex. Sleep is dreamy and erotic all by itself. I luxuriate in it like a new love.”
― Elizabeth Wurtzel, More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction