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Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
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2017
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“Corporate America wasn’t too sympathetic to my plight: there is no overdraft protection plan that covers I was extremely manic and purchased $800 worth of novelty T-shirts from Urban Outfitters—can you let this one slide? You can’t accuse yourself of fraud.”
― Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
― Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
“Shit got better because hard shit usually does.”
― Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
― Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
“What about all the poor brothers and sisters across the city and the shit they had to deal with? Fuck, what about all the poor brothers and sisters in Syria for that matter? They sure had their hands full. What do you even call depression in a refugee camp? Depression felt as much a luxury as veganism and fair trade coffee.”
― Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
― Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love
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