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"With us, sparring came naturally, and silence was second best. Being earnest about our life and admiration -- this was maudlin."

"Beauty was a menace, reminding us of our itch to own it and our ability to maim it."

"Hearing a story -- what did it accomplish? Nothing and everything."

"Falling in love didn't seem to me a choice. It was disorientation."

Falling in love didn't seem to me a choice. It was disorientation.

"In art as a product there is no longer patience, or presence -- only commodity."

So far, a very comprehensive and well researched look into the Disney animation studio in Florida. EXCEPT this one part I just read where the author wrote that General Li, the father of Shang in Mulan, is the leader of the "Imperial Japanese Army." HOW DID NO EDITORS CATCH THIS????

The phrase "just deserts" has shown up twice in this book already... it's JUST DESSERTS. Where is the editor???

"Writing down every worst-case scenario allows me to forgo their effects, to skip right over the pain. I will already be prepared, armored against hurt -- told you so, from my future self."

"Grief is the other side of the coin of love. It is only with deep love that we are even capable of experiencing such deep grief.... Your grief exists to show you that which you love most."

"When we have suffered loss, we are forced to recognize that life is temporary, fleeting, and ever changing. In this fleeting nature, finding what grounds us becomes crucial."

"Knowing that your parents gave up their dreams in order to give you a better chance at living yours has a strange effect on how you think and feel about your own choices."

"One goal of healthy anger expression is to prompt assertive communication, because it takes assertive communication to protect a boundary, to communicate harm that you have experienced, to speak up about unjust and unfair systems, and to self-advocate."

"Crying is not just a way that we express our emotion; it is a biological function that allows us to process stress out of the body. It is a release we often need when we are overwhelmed, scared, or heartbroken. Crying is a part of the language of the body, and it can offer healing in ways that words struggle to do."

"This is the first step in beginning to understand our emotions -- just creating space to be with them. A moment in time for the emotions to exist without pushing it away or distracting us from it. Just pause and listen."

"We cannot control, change, or be responsible for the emotions of others.... Our emotions are entirely our own. We are each responsible for our own emotions and how these emotions cause us to act. While we can support and be with each other in our emotions, we cannot take other people's emotions on as our responsibility to fix, regulate, or tame."

Have been enjoying this book so far, but I just read the line "One woman had dressed up as Ahsoka Tano, with her body and face fully painted green." Why on earth would Ahsoka be green?