Normal doesn’t exist and it never has. There are just these periods where things feel safe and calm, and then, long before we’re ready, everything’s torn apart and we call it change. We look back at our lives and wonder when it all changed,
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“Kids know more than you give them credit for,” he said sadly. “After that, I promised I’d listen to the kids, take more time to listen to my gut.”
― Such Quiet Girls
― Such Quiet Girls
“And I didn’t have the words to explain—I just knew. It was like a fluttery feeling on the periphery of my attention—a kind of spidey sense. I bet there’s a good chance you’ve felt it yourself, that you know exactly what I’m talking about.”
― Hidden Pictures
― Hidden Pictures
“Defensiveness inhabits the place where empathy used to live.”
― On a Quiet Street
― On a Quiet Street
“One of the hardest things about recovery is coming to terms with the fact that you can’t trust your brain anymore.”
― Hidden Pictures
― Hidden Pictures
“I didn’t need a shrink. I needed help growing taller.” I sit even straighter. “I’d been brought down but I wanted to stand up again.”
― Grouch-ish
― Grouch-ish
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