Happiness is harder to put into words. It’s also harder to source, much more mysterious than anger or sorrow, which come to me promptly, whenever I summon them, and remain long after I’ve begged them to leave.
—David Sedaris, Calypso
Tag: memoir
One of my teachers told me I was a nihilist. He meant it as an insult but I took it as a compliment.
—Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.
—Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Stop whining about getting old. It’s a privilege.
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please
Crazy isn’t being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.
—Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted
