joy > Recent Status Updates

nearing the nina part i am Nervous

hello??? hello?!?!? did not expect welsh rugby, modern cars, and video games to make an appearance gonna be honest

i always knew this book didn’t pull its punches, but i haven’t read it since like 5th grade and damn, it goes hard. iconic

oh no the new blorbos are worming their way into my brain already <3

“Ultimately, the fact that I was angry about all of that just made me angrier because I knew I shouldn't feel angry about any of these things. But I did, and I'm trying to be honest about it, OK? ОК.” (298)

“I don't want you to feel like you're going to be sad and lonely forever!' she said, and that was the moment I broke a little.
Was that all I would be? Sad and lonely? Forever?
Had I doomed myself by daring to think about this part of me?
Was I just accepting a life of solitude?” 275

had to put the book down for a bit damn that hit hard

“Without it, I would have probably just stayed in bed for two weeks, because figuring out my sexuality had unearthed a new kind of self-hatred I hadn't been ready for. I'd thought figuring that out was supposed to make you feel proud, or something. Clearly not.”
p250

“Art is also picking a light blue for your layer of the world’s largest ball of paint, knowing that it will soon be painted over, and painting anyway.” (p249)

“It is true that our current horrors are precedented. But so is our capacity for care.” p211

“Our brains are made out of meat, and our bodies experience thoughts.” (142)