2 Quotes by Pam Cordano MFT

I kept going because I knew my relationship to life itself was at stake. As much as I wanted to quit, doing so would have been more painful than continuing. It would have been like a butterfly flipping off life and returning to the cramped old cocoon. I never quit.

I once thought my lack of grit was a character flaw; I now think it speaks to how uncomfortable I’ve been in my body my whole life. It takes a lot of energy to hold in Calls, to not cry or express rage. It’s exhausting to act civilized when you’re navigating the rim surrounding a giant black hole, when your anguish is invisible and probably of no interest to the world.