Tina (less active for health reasons)’s Reviews > My Darling Dreadful Thing > Status Update

„[…]it just means my brain is different from yours! If there was a pill that would make you unable to see colors, would you then think colors are just an illusion? Of course you wouldn’t![…]”

“What use was it, this chewing over all the ways things could go wrong? Being caught in my own head was exhausting. Worse, it was useless, and I despised being useless…”

„Knowing is cold, I suppose“, she said. „Cold and distant. You know things with your mind. Understanding is different. It’s warm. You understand things with your mind, yes, but also with your heart.” - “Why shan’t I ever understand?” - “Some things must be experiencing to be understood.”

Fave quotes so far:

“I can’t think right now. If I do, I’ll think and feel too much.”
[p. 59]

“[…] It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolable if we are to survive as a person.”
[p. 70]

“[…] Sometimes I can’t help it. I must laugh or else go mad.”
[p. 94]