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“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

i’m feeling incredibly Known while reading this