“Stuff always happens, whether a day from now or years, stuff that will make a person glad to be alive, if you can somehow just ride through the self-hatred and the gouging and the bad.”
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Essential Maps for the Lost | 
“Stuff always happens, whether a day from now or years, stuff that will make a person glad to be alive, if you can somehow just ride through the self-hatred and the gouging and the bad.”
So, when I said, "Come on, Chloe, it's cold and I want to get back inside and read" she actually heard "Have a lay down and watch the neighbors put up decorations while I go fetch my book and TARDIS blanket. We don't spend enough time outside on cold overcast days." Silly humans ?
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On re-reading a book, 'From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' from the character's youth: "It's new again, read with older eyes. It's strange how a book is both steady and mutable." P.101
Ooh! Look what arrived yesterday... My newest YA, out in audiobook...
"This is the self that understands things about the water - the way it can swallow you, keep you concealed, maybe forever." P. 7
The library always makes Mads feel like she's pulled off a big score, too. Pg. 100
He never realized it before, but burritos is the least romantic word there is.
pickI loved this like I love all of Deb Caletti's books. This is a thoughtful exploration of depression, in terms of how it affects both people who struggle with it and also their loved ones. As someone whose father has struggled with severe depression, it helped me understand a little better.
