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“They wanted a list of symptoms: dizziness, blurred vision, palpitations. You could not say, it is a different life trying to nudge this one aside. I am meant to be living that different life. Who would understand that, if she could make no better sense of understanding it herself?”
― She Poured Out Her Heart
― She Poured Out Her Heart
“It was hard to understand a little and then walk away.”
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
― The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
“The truth is, even if there was a why at the beginning, there's a point where any form of reason is lost.
The truth is, why I was doing it didn't matter; what mattered was that I couldn't stop.”
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The truth is, why I was doing it didn't matter; what mattered was that I couldn't stop.”
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“...that she loved me so much she couldn't help hating me; that at least once a week I still dream she is trying to kill me.”
― With or Without You
― With or Without You
“At what point does the narcissism and cruelty of childhood stop being adorable and start being a possible symptom of a mental disorder?
I cannot answer this question. I don't understand Lori, despite four decades of attempts. Seeking to understand Lori is a black hole that sucks up everything around it. I'm tired of that. It meant that through much of my life in my family, I didn't get to have a story. This led me to an obsession with trying to think about the people, places, and things we don't think about.”
― My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture
I cannot answer this question. I don't understand Lori, despite four decades of attempts. Seeking to understand Lori is a black hole that sucks up everything around it. I'm tired of that. It meant that through much of my life in my family, I didn't get to have a story. This led me to an obsession with trying to think about the people, places, and things we don't think about.”
― My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture
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