Vanya and the Wild Hunt Quotes

“Neurodivergent is the word you use when you're talking about my brain working differently, isn't it?"
"That's right." She smiled. "You seem to be much more open to talking about this than you have been in the past. Does that mean you might be ready to stop exhausting yourself pretending you're like everybody else?”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“I was totally worn out by the time the day ended, completely exhausted by being the politest, smiliest, normalesg version of myself. The least awkward, least difficult version of myself”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“Maybe all this time I'd spent trying to be more like everyone else meant I'd missed out on finding people who were more like me”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“Why did I feel like I had to also be perfect, hide every fault, ignore every struggle, pretend to like things I didn't just to fit in?”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“Ben sighed, wearing the expression of a boy who knew he was about to be dragged into something that would almost certainly get him killed, concussed, or in a whole world of trouble”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“But maybe a friend could be someone you argued with. Someone who called you out when you deserved it and still understood you in all the ways that really mattered. Someone who could balance you out”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“I was still trying to figure out what was an ADHD thing and what was a me thing, but whatever the explanation was, the only way I could cope with long, noisy days surrounded by other people was by retreating into my own space after”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“No one is as different or as alone as they think”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt

“and I wished, for the millionth time, that I had just one person I could be totally myself with. Just one place where I fit”
― Sangu Mandanna, Vanya and the Wild Hunt