Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.
I wasn’t gifted. Mom was wrong. I was just smart and I worked hard. I had fooled myself into thinking that was something important to the rest of the world. Other people were complicit in this ruse. N...
I love you, I mumble. Even though I’m a teenager and I’m not supposed to. I love you too, Dad says. Even though … eh . . . No. I don’t have any jokes about it. I just do.
I just want to not be me.
I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?
And you shouldn’t assume that everything is always about you.
And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.
Yeah, and she’s really screwed up, as screwed up as me, but I don’t look at that as an insult. I look at that as a chance to connect.
That's the number one thing I hear about humans. You have all these choices, so you're confused all the time, and you think so much that you're never happy.
Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner. Dr. Mahmoud leans in. Life is managed.
Let’s concentrate on our discussion of things that make us happy, Humble, says the psychologist.
It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal...
I shrug. I don't really need to explain this to Aaron. He's been demoted from most important friend to friend, and he's going to have to earn that, even. And you know what else? I don't owe people any...
How can you live without stars? What keeps you from thinking about yourself all the time?
And what is that nightmare, Craig?LifeLife is a nightmareYes
And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.
But then I decided I didn't want any regrets. I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.
Found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did they think they were?
You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here.
You are blessed with a good mind. You just have to have confidence in it and talk when people call on you.