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“My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God' sort of way.”
― Running with Scissors
― Running with Scissors
“your mind is like an unsafe neighborhood; don't go there alone.”
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“Other people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl.”
― Running with Scissors
― Running with Scissors
“I came to think that maybe God was what you believed in because you needed to feel you weren’t alone. Maybe God was simply that part of yourself that was always there and always strong, even when you were not.”
― A Wolf at the Table
― A Wolf at the Table
“Maybe it was a Patty Hearst thing. Stockholm syndrome or whatever it's called when you're being held against your will but then you become sucked in and fall in love. Or if not exactly love, you fall into something you can't see out of. 'I can't shoot a machine gun' becomes 'Hey, this hardly has any kick-back!”
― Running with Scissors
― Running with Scissors
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