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“…it made me feel, for the first time, that maybe it was dumb to be embarrassed about weird things if you were really good at them. Or not good. If they made you happy.”

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“It is strangely wonderful to feel the lack of something instead of believing that it was never there in the first place.”

Love Acting Family Lies

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“And so I almost never told anyone what I liked because I was terrified that they would tell me how stupid it was.”

Fear Relationships Silence Communication Shame Secrets

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“...There were no measures that truly protected against disaster; you simply held on to what mattered and hoped that you found your way to the other side.”

Life Life Lessons Fate Serendipity Kevin Wilson Perfect Little Word

Book:Perfect Little World

Source: Perfect Little World

“Sometimes you took care of people by not letting them know how badly you wanted your life to be different.”

Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here

“And then I got older, and, guess what? I still never felt right inside my body. I don't think I ever will. I was kind of flamed out everywhere I went, always got a little less than what I thought I'd get. But I guess that's okay. I think maybe it's necessary to feel like you're not quite settled, or maybe for some people it's necessary.”

Growing Up Identity Anxiety Adolescence

Book:Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Source: Now Is Not the Time to Panic

“What’s the point of having money if you can’t use it to make people like you?”

Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here

“I want to be an artist," he told me, like we were both admitting that we weren't human. We didn't understand how normal this was, to be young, to believe that you were destined to make beautiful things.”

Artist Destiny Youth Contemplative

Book:Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Source: Now Is Not the Time to Panic

“Maybe raising children was just giving them the things you loved most in the world and hoping that they loved them too.”

Love Family Parenting Parenting Advice Parenting Children

Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here

“It was messy, to think of things as a narrative. In his life, he mostly didn't know if things were ending or starting. He was a kid, for crying out loud. Everything felt like a beginning and an ending at the exact same time. There was no middle. It was all beginning and endings, over and over, until you got old and had enough footage to determine what the story was about.”

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“Maybe that’s what children were - a desperate need that opened you up even if you didn’t want it.”

Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here

“A wicked child is the most beautiful thing in the world.”

Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here

“I grew up in the valley of that mountain, just poor enough that I could imagine a way out.”

Hope Social Class

Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here

“Honestly, Bessie? People don't care about anyone but themselves. They don't notice anything. They are never looking at what's interesting. They're always looking at themselves.”

Culture Modern Life Truth Telling No One Cares Self Absorption No Worries Selfie Culture

Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here