Sublime

Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told.O

I was crying because I was full.

The thought of my youthful lack of humility made me nauseous now. I had been an arrogant asshole

A terrible thing happened to you, but you mustn't let it define your life.

seek joy at all costs. I know it’s hard to know what to do when you have a conflicting set of emotions and desires, but it’s not as hard as we pretend it is. Saying it’s hard is ultimately a justification to do whatever seems like the easiest thing to do—have the affair, stay at that horrible job, end a friendship over a slight, keep loving someone

He hadn’t loved me well in the end, but he’d loved me well when it mattered.

The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light.

Which means about eight of the ten things you have decided about yourself will over time prove to be false.

Live among your fellow freaks, where obsession is normal and ambition is rewarded.