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“Best of all, it had Mom.”

I have a simple rule for living…if you don’t ask, you don’t get.

“Years later in our therapy, I commented that I’d never seen her dressed in the same outfit twice. She frowned, saying, ‘It’s a sickness.’” pg. 289

“Finally, I asked her if there was anything she would have done differently in her life. ‘I’d have killed Art.’” pg. 276

“Anyone who contemplates suicide has to decide to be or not to be. Yet, at some level, don’t we all have to make that same decision? There are times when we’ve had to decide to change or remain the same. Will we be slaves to safe, mundane routines or break out and remake our lives the way we imagine them to be? … We’ve all been heroes or cowards in our own narratives…” pg. 219

“To the stars who listen - and the dreams that are answered.”

“There are good days and hard days for me - even now. Don’t let the hard days win.”

“The truth is simple: Getting high feels better than not getting high. And until that changes, no addict will change.”

“There is no one to blame but me.”

"You are no one's subject." - Rhysand

“…these girls are most at risk, and yet they are among the worse resourced.” pg. 81

“Girls in marginalized communities have all the same mental and emotional health issues as girls in wealthier communities … but are less likely to have the resources or the language to address them.” pg. 114