20 Quotes by Jael McHenry
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Maybe I would get along with everyone if I only saw them for three hours once a week. My mother, my sister, they were always around too much. There were too many opportunities for me to screw things up. Dad I saw less, and he liked me more. There could be a connection.
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I don't have to move into Amanda's house to be present in her family. Even though I'm not there physically all the time, I want them to have something that says, 'I'm out here. I'm okay. I love you.' I want them to bite into a cookie, and think of me, and smile. Food is love. Food has a power. I knew it in my mind, but now I know it in my heart.
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I tell myself I’m fine on my own, but am I? No friends to fall back on, no relationships, no support. Left to my own devices, I have no devices.
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I find the title How to Be Good. Curious, I open it up. I'm disappointed to find it's fiction.
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there is something intriguing about knowing how things are going to turn out, but being constantly surprised about how they'll get there.
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All I have besides food is grief.
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If you don’t know how to deal with emotion, other people’s feelings can hit you like a drug.
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This is the way I’ve always been. I think of the answer long after the person asking the question has lost interest and walked away.
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I preferred to think of myself as a cat. If I think of my behavior as cat behavior instead of people behavior, it pretty much always makes sense.
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