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“God, for me, is more of a feeling, a feeling of peace. I think my god lives in a silence that exists inside me. It's such a delicious fucking silence, so profound.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

“He had been been patting his handkerchief between his palms; now he opened his handkerchief and reached out and wiped my forehead. "You're all I've got," he said then, with a shy, pained grin. "Be careful."
"Daddy," I said. And began to cry. And if speaking had been agony, this was worse and yet I could not stop.
And my father's face changed. It became terribly old and at the same time absolutely helplessly young ...
"Don't cry," he said, "don't cry.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Strophe: They do love him. Everyone loves him. He despises them for it. You'd be no different.
Phaedra: You could feel such pleasure.”
― Sarah Kane, Phaedra's Love

“I am an eater who enjoys structured magic. I don't feel courageous enough to let myself eat whatever I want, because I don't want to face the wrath of what my mind will do to me after. I have a vested interest in keeping things under control, because when I lose my illusions of control I get very scared.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays