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“I’m a coward. I run from knowing everything. I avoid thinking about the ocean or space—they’re too big. I can’t grasp death. The immensity, the finality, if you don’t believe there’s a place where someone is waiting for you. I don’t know what to do with something so immovable. To know you can see someone only by looking back.”
― Sarah Jackson, A Bit Much

“I found most of my solace in reading, writing, and music. Happiness was abnormal, something worthy of applause and celebration. If I was in a good mood for longer than a few hours, it was almost astonishing. I was angry at being alive, at having to exist in human form. I wanted to disappear.”
― Erika L. Sánchez, Crying in the Bathroom

“She says she’s proud of me. I think she might say it only to reassure herself that she’s a good mother.”
― Sarah Jackson, A Bit Much

“I’m easily distracted and my moods can be unpredictable. The world is not built for people with this kind of temperament. Throughout my life, I’ve struggled to keep a semblance of normalcy so I can make a living and simply exist, but my mind is often a swirl of daydreams.”
― Erika L. Sánchez, Crying in the Bathroom