7 Quotes by Ka Hancock

I want to be more productive, funnier, better, and I can do all that while I'm climbing. But I can't sustain it. I have to crash. And I know the crash is coming, I can taste it, but I can't stop it. Well actually I can, but I always think I have more time to stop it, until I don't. And then I fall-fast and hard-and disappoint just about everybody.

It takes some skill to navigate this disorder. It takes some grit to control it so it doesn't control me. Sometimes it takes a guide. For me it takes a destination. Lucy is my destination. Whether I'm cowered in a dark corner or perched on a blindingly bright plateau, my aim is always to get back to her.

Sometimes, like when she got sick, the edge comes to me. Sometimes that happens for no reason. The chasm widens inexplicably even as I run from it-run for my life-until the ground beneath me evaporates and I am lost again despite my best, but futile efforts.

I have the highest education personal experience can offer.

Broken glass. At the moment, we were barefoot and dancing over a sea of it. But as true as that was, Mickey knew I would dance with him forever if I could, bloody feet and all.

I want to be more productive, funnier, better, and I can do all that while I’m climbing. But I can’t sustain it. I have to crash. And I know the crash is coming, I can taste it, but I can’t stop it. Well actually I can, but I always think I have more time to stop it, until I don’t. And then I fall-fast and hard-and disappoint just about everybody.

It takes some skill to navigate this disorder. It takes some grit to control it so it doesn’t control me. Sometimes it takes a guide. For me it takes a destination. Lucy is my destination. Whether I’m cowered in a dark corner or perched on a blindingly bright plateau, my aim is always to get back to her.