
“The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.”
― The Square Root of Wonderful
― The Square Root of Wonderful

“Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You

“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”
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“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow. There was shadow in bureau drawers and closets and suitcases, and shadow under houses and trees and stones, and shadow at the back of people's eyes and smiles, and shadow, miles and miles and miles of it, on the night side of the earth.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar

“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.”
― The Collected Writings
― The Collected Writings
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