Emily > Emily's Quotes

“Because you’ve dealt with the stressor,” I said, “but not the stress. Your bodies still think you’re being chased by the lion.”
― Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

“They may have all had suitcases three times as big as mine, but I realized that the emotional baggage I’d brought with me was big enough to put theirs to shame. It was a little lighter, though, now that I was leaving.”
― Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

“If you were crazy you wouldn’t realize how crazy it sounds,” she said gently but insistently. “You’re recognizing a problem and you’re getting help for it, the same way any sane person with a medical problem would.”
― Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu