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Phyllis Schlafly always at the scene of the crime

“We spend so much time being afraid of failure; afraid of rejection. But regret, is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to; what if?”

“When you write a novel, you are alone in it. I wrote that book alone; sitting in airports and coffee shops and lying in bed. But when writing, there is always for me, a hope that I will not be alone. Not in this work, and not in this world.”

“True intimacy is never having to wonder if someone is mad at you because the standard for the relationship is honesty.”

“We’re lured into a world of detachment from our bodies to increase the profit of companies that thrive off our self loathing. It’s an act of rebellion against the system when you become embodied; in harmony with your body. Nurturing it and accepting it in all of its seasons, cycles, and fluctuations. Because that means you don’t need to be younger, smaller, or different to have value.”

“They will call you hysterical no matter how much dignity you have. So you might as well do whatever the hell you want.”

“It was something of a bellwether when I saw this many cats struggling to survive, it almost always meant people were struggling to survive too.”

“The most well-intentioned of my friends listen to my stories; the sick cats I’ve stayed up all night to trap, the cats who were already dead when I found them and say things like “I could never do it.” I don’t know how to explain that I can’t do it either. People are always saying how hard it must be, but there is no special hardness about me.”

“A fundamental tenant of logic theory is that from a false premise any implication is true. Fear functions this way too”