Over the Influence Quotes

“Today would be a good day as any to get on up get on out of bed. Step outside and be surprised at what you’re finding. You deserve a day outside your head.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“I’ve never been good at playing the game, but I’m great at telling the truth.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“The problem is that none of these things address the real root of this emptiness, and so we can never fill ourselves up from the outside, no matter how hard we try. Before we know it, we end up in these self-destructive loops that we can’t escape, self-destructive loops that can consume us from the inside or run us right into the ground.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“The Buddhists have this idea of the hungry ghosts. The hungry ghosts are creatures with large empty bellies and small, scrawny necks and tiny little mouths, so they can never get enough, they can never fill this emptiness on the inside. And we are all hungry ghosts in this society, we all have this emptiness, and so many of us are trying to fill that emptiness from the outside, and the addiction is all about trying to fill that emptiness from the outside.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“Now feels like the best possible time to release the shame, embarrassment, and fear of rejection that I absorbed over the years and wore like a second skin.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“(And, by the way, maybe something was protecting me—maybe I dodged a bullet. I’ve seen the doc and listened to the podcasts and OH MY GOD.)”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“We naturally look for ways to simplify someone’s life into a digestible bite and try to figure out where to put the “blame” for the bad stuff, but that’s just not how I see it.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“There was one such figure like this at the time who had developed quite the reputation with popstars and movie starlets, and yes, I’m talking about him.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir

“Tell me what I need to do to feel good again.”
― Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Over the Influence: A Memoir