Amelia Halgren’s Reviews > Anxious People > Status Update

“We argue a lot about politics... we have very different opinions, but you can always— I think you can understand someone without necessarily agreeing with them.... I know people sometimes think Roger’s a bit of an idiot but he isn’t always an idiot in the way people assume.” 🤣🤣🤣

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“...ask yourself three questions before you flare up:
1. Are the actions of the person in question intended to harm you personally?
2. Do you possess all the information about the situation?
3. Do you have anything to gain from a conflict?”

“...Why would I need help to stop getting into conflicts? Conflicts are good. Only weak people believe in harmony... while the rest of us get on with... winning.”

“The truth is, of course, that if people were really as happy as they look on the internet, they wouldn’t spend so much damn time on the internet, because none who is having a really good day spends half the day taking pictures of themselves.”

Man this is really depressing. I need more humor soon if I’m going to continue. 😥

“It’s hard to explain to a twelve year old that ‘when you were little and I walked too fast you would run to catch up with me and take hold of my hand,’ and that those were the best moments of my life, your fingertips in the palm of my hand, before you knew how many things I’d failed at.” 😭

“No one goes to a psychologist to talk about all the times they weren’t hit in the head by a swing as a child. Parents are defined by their mistakes.”

Omg— listening to the audiobook, the real estate agent reminds me distinctly of Kristen Wiig as ‘Target Lady’ on SNL 🤣🤣🤣