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Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

Book by Anne Clendening · 4 quotes · Illness, Loneliness, Different

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“I want to belong. Belonging makes things okay, and I want to be okay. I just want to be okay.”

Different Sadness Loneliness Isolation Belonging Being Okay

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“I lead a double life. I'm John Wayne Gacy. I present myself in potentially awkward social situations as a laughing, colorful clown to gain your regard. If you ask my friends and neighbors, they will tell you I'm "normal" and that I "keep to myself." Meanwhile, there's a crawlspace in the basement where I've buried my secrets. It's starting to get pretty crowded down there, but they are mine. And there they'll stay.”

Sadness Loneliness Illness Secrets Awkwardness

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“I don't want to hide. I don't want to be alone. I don't want to wander off into the desert in shame and die and become vulture food. Or end up keeling over just because I'm too self-conscious to leave the house. Cause of Death: Unnecessary Loneliness.”

Different Loneliness Illness Alone Isolation Hiding Secrets Self Consciousness Hiding Feelings

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“I'm in hell. I'm separate from everyone and everything. I'm John Travolta in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.”

Different Loneliness Illness Separation Isolation Secrets Alone In A Crowd

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