Authors destroying me

OCD dissolves perspective. It magnifies small risks, warps probabilities and takes statistical chance as a prediction, not a sign of how unlikely things are.

But now she wondered if finding out the truth behind some stories would constitute an even greater loss, because it meant losing something you were happy believing.

The power that each of us has over complete strangers to make them feel terrible and frightened and weak is amazing.

Who hasn’t ever wondered: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?

I realized that I had a very closely calibrated idea of my physical well being, very fearful of losing control, that my personality was organized around a certain level of mobilization or anxiety.

His joy is raw in a way that makes me feel like I can unzip my skin suit and show him all the ooze inside.

“I don’t mind worriers,” I said. “Worrying is the correct worldview. Life is worrisome.”

To inspire is to breathe in; to expire is to breathe all the way out.

“Politics is a dance until the moment it becomes a war. And we control the music.”