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One month they ran a first-person piece written by a young woman who had had vaginismus. I was acquainted with this woman—I’ll call her Ginny—and
“I’m supposed to read The Book Thief. I read the first chapter, and let me tell you, it sounds GRIM. Pro tip, Mom: It’s not summer reading if the narrator is actual Death Incarnate.”
― The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
― The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
“- Tu m'has preguntat i jo et responc. La teva mare i en Big George són les dues persones més valentes que conec.
- De debò?
- T'ho prometo.
El Monyó estava ben sorprès.
- Doncs jo hauria ...
- Esclar que sí. I hi ha una cosa més que vull que recordis sempre, fill. En aquest món hi ha gent extraordinària que es comporta com gent normal i corrent. No vull que te n'oblidis mai. Entesos?
El Monyó se la va quedar mirant fixament.”
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
- De debò?
- T'ho prometo.
El Monyó estava ben sorprès.
- Doncs jo hauria ...
- Esclar que sí. I hi ha una cosa més que vull que recordis sempre, fill. En aquest món hi ha gent extraordinària que es comporta com gent normal i corrent. No vull que te n'oblidis mai. Entesos?
El Monyó se la va quedar mirant fixament.”
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
“Towanda the Magnanimous, Righter of Wrongs and Queen without Compare.”
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
“When someone dies, everything about them becomes past tense. Except for the grief. Grief stays in the present. It’s even worse when you’re angry at the person. Not just for dying. But for how.”
― Firekeeper's Daughter
― Firekeeper's Daughter
“I’m so mad that my fingertips tingle; I feel like I could zap this man with the pent-up energy like a ragey adult Matilda. “Van Gogh was really sick!” I want to yell at him. “Tell your kid that mental illness can be very hard, and how important health care and access are, how we have to talk about it.”
― [Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health
― [Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health
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