“If you don’t know how to deal with emotion, other people’s feelings can hit you like a drug.” — Jael McHenry Aspergers Copy Share Image
“There is no normal. There's only what's right for you and being honest.” — Jael McHenry Honest Copy Share Image
“I want them to bite into a cookie, and think of me, and smile. Food is love. Food has a power.” — Jael McHenry Food Copy Share Image
“We all have our own patterns, I guess ... And whether we like it or not, they persist.” — Jael McHenry Patterns Copy Share Image
“there is something intriguing about knowing how things are going to turn out, but being constantly surprised about how they'll get there.” — Jael McHenry Fiction Copy Share Image
“This is the way I’ve always been. I think of the answer long after the person asking the question has lost interest… — Jael McHenry Copy Share Image
“I find the title How to Be Good. Curious, I open it up. I'm disappointed to find it's fiction.” — Jael McHenry Fiction Copy Share Image
“Innocence isn't a set of house keys. You don't just up and lose it one day. It's a process.” — Jael McHenry Innocence Copy Share Image
“I tell myself I’m fine on my own, but am I? No friends to fall back on, no relationships, no support. Left… — Jael McHenry Alone Copy Share Image
“I preferred to think of myself as a cat. If I think of my behavior as cat behavior instead of people behavior,… — Jael McHenry Behavior Copy Share Image
“HEARTBREAK IS STUPID and impossible. Hearts don’t break. Hearts squeeze, they wrench, they ache, they shrivel. Hearts pull apart in wet chunks… — Jael McHenry Heartbreak Copy Share Image
“In my life I've had good days and bad days. Miserable days. Painful days. And no matter how bad the bad ones… — Jael McHenry Bad day Copy Share Image
“Contact. When someone touches me wrong it isn’t a feeling. It isn’t hate or fear or pain. It is just blackness and… — Jael McHenry Copy Share Image
“Panic, panic, can't panic. Think of food. Think of sugar. I am a sugar cube in cold water. I won't dissolve. Precise… — Jael McHenry Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Food has power. Nonna knew that. Ma did too. I know it now. And though it can't save me, it might help… — Jael McHenry Food Copy Share Image
“Her hand is close to my arm. My options are limited. I can't run away. I can't handle this. I lose myself… — Jael McHenry Food Copy Share Image
“I will take a new approach to death, because what is important about death is not the dead. It’s the living. Those… — Jael McHenry Copy Share Image
