Status Updates From Lust & Wonder

“So many years of anticipating disaster is exhausting. Though I have tried to train myself not to think this way, it never works, so plan B is to go ahead and think this way but then remind myself I’m wrong. Which means I can only cobble together a life by clobbering my faulty “gut instincts” 100 percent of the time.”

“ I understood that I was clearly insane.
But he apparently hadn't picked up on how many times in one short letter I asserted that I was not. This acceptance of my questionable mental health made me feel confident that we would be compatible, possibly for life”

"you should get another boyfriend, somebody who's not defective like me."
"but i'm defective too!" i told him reaching across the table toward his greasy fingers "im even more defective than you are, i promise!"

This book really shows how life can take you on a wild ride. It pulls you up and down, tests your limits, and swings you from disappointment to pure happiness you could never imagine. It makes you look back at your moments and realize that every experience teaches you something. You just have to look closely and thats all you need ❤️
Loved how witty, humorous and relatable this one is!