Depressed or anxious, it’s the unknown that we are most petrified of, so we grasp and cling to the certainty of what’s already happened or to the false security of micromanaging in our heads what comes next. Or both.
“lifetime of physical emotion that he hadn’t expressed, all coming out of him. It felt like illness, but it was only existence.”
― It Devours!
― It Devours!
“people of color. People of color do not have this power and privilege over white people.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“Often we focus only on the goal, as if our actions are only useful if we succeed.”
― The Procrastinator’s Guide to Killing Yourself: Living When Life Feels Unliveable
― The Procrastinator’s Guide to Killing Yourself: Living When Life Feels Unliveable
“as sustenance for those feeling too disassembled to act meaningfully.”
― How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
― How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
“She’d imagined their good-bye—not dramatic, they weren’t dramatic people, but some final conversation where she would see, in his eyes, the realization that he’d hurt her. She wanted to feel his regret, for leaving her, for not loving her like he was supposed to. For once in her life, she wanted an ended thing to end cleanly.”
― The Mothers
― The Mothers
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