“Före den där sommaren, före allt som tog slut innan det hann börja, tänkte jag ganska ofta att ensamhet är ensamhet, oavsett om den är självupplevd eller inte. Nu vet jag bättre. Det finns en grundläggande, existensiell ensamhet som vi alla kämpar med. Vissa mer än andra. Så finns det något annat, något som vi med människor omkring oss inte kan föreställa oss. Det är skillnad på självvald ensamhet och äkta ensamhet. Hur många orkidépojkar, oavsett kön, finns det i vårt land? I världen?”
― Orkidépojken
― Orkidépojken
“Like HIV, depression was a king at playing hide-and-seek. It concealed itself in reservoirs deep inside the mind, waiting for the walls you built around it to eventually erode. Depression could be at undetectable levels for months or years. You'd be all happy and stable and think you were cured, you were a survivor, and then BAM, out of nowhere it resurged.”
― A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares
― A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares
“Dagar och nätter liknar varandra. Tystnaden mjukar upp konturerna så att allt kläs i ett slags dis. Vi kan kalla det halvdager. Vi kan kalla det vad som helst.”
― Välkommen till Amerika
― Välkommen till Amerika
“Esther changed into a costume of Wednesday Addams, and then they went, the three strangest teenagers in town: a ghost who couldn't speak, a boy who hated the dark, and a girl who dressed as someone else everywhere she went.”
― A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares
― A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares
“To the rebel girls of the world:
Dream bigger
Aim higher
Fight harder
And, when in doubt, remember
You are right”
― The Rebel Gift Box Set: 200 Tales of Extraordinary Women
Dream bigger
Aim higher
Fight harder
And, when in doubt, remember
You are right”
― The Rebel Gift Box Set: 200 Tales of Extraordinary Women
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