Chaos and Gunfire Quotes

“You are not your potential, Idina. You’re not your intelligence, or your determination, or your drive, or your physical prowess. You’re not your special abilities. You certainly aren’t your family members. Merely a product of them.” “Yeah, I get that part. What does that have to do with the easy way being the hard way?” Slowly, the doctor leaned forward on her bouncy ball and fixed her patient with a wide grin. “Because they’ve trained you to believe that the only way is the hard way. Or that all avenues require strength, determination, persistence, steely willpower, and keeping up with yourself so you don’t fall behind. According to your standards and expectations.” Idina removed her elbow from the armrest to fold her arms instead, frowning. “You make it sound like all I have to do is stop trying.” “Exactly.” “Then I’d never get anything done.” Sullivan nodded, her eyes widening as if she could see the lightbulb flipping on above her patient’s head. “Wrong.”
― Martha Carr, Chaos and Gunfire

“First rule of life, Idina. Everybody screws up. What matters is whether we let that stop us in our tracks or we tell it to fuck off so we can get back on our feet and keep going.”
― Martha Carr, Chaos and Gunfire

“The next step after this is applying that state of being—that thin sliver of sliding into place that feels wrong and so right at the same time, that makes you question your sanity—to your green lights. Feel your way through them instead”
― Martha Carr, Chaos and Gunfire