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Ruby’s 2020 Year in Books
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Ruby Walker
Goodreads Author
Born
Austin, Texas, The United States
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Influences
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May 2018
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/rubykate
A short comic about anger and joy.
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Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
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2019
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2 editions
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“I hated the things that grew out of my body, my breasts, my hair—even as I imagined they could someday make me sexy. That's what I wanted to be: sexy, not comfortable; pretty, not able; wanted, not admired.”
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“I was trapped in dichotomy—certain of two things at once that couldn't possibly agree. Believing what happened wasn't bad enough to be so shaken over, but still coming undone. Blaming myself entirely, but still feeling powerless. Standing on the razor’s edge, knowing that I was doing myself wrong, but falling back in every single time.”
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Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
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“I wished I didn't need an ocean of space to feel comfortable. I still wanted to be loved. Yet again I felt like two people: one who desperately needed a hug, and one who would break apart at the slightest touch. How could I get people to keep their distance without leaving completely? How long would it take for them to get tired of the way I flinched and evaded?”
― Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
― Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
“Sometimes life’s a shit boat, and it feels like nothing’s ever gone right. And sometimes the only comfort you have is the fact that other people are also in your awful situation. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll make them feel a little less alone.”
― Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
― Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
“I was trapped in dichotomy—certain of two things at once that couldn't possibly agree. Believing what happened wasn't bad enough to be so shaken over, but still coming undone. Blaming myself entirely, but still feeling powerless. Standing on the razor’s edge, knowing that I was doing myself wrong, but falling back in every single time.”
― Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
― Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager
“You are a very special person. There is only one like you in the whole world. There's never been anyone exactly like you before, and there will never be again. Only you. And people can like you exactly as you are.”
― Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way
― Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way
“I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.”
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“Oh God, are there so many of them in our land! Students who can’t be happy until they’ve graduated, servicemen who can’t be happy until they are discharged, single folks who can’t be happy until they’ve found a mate, workers who can’t be happy until they’ve retired, adolescents who aren’t happy until they’re grown, ill people who aren’t happy until they’re well, failures who aren’t happy until they succeed, restless who can’t wait until they get out of town, and in most cases, vice versa, people waiting, waiting for the world to begin.”
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