In short? It is exhausting being me. Pretending to be normal is draining and requires amazing amounts of energy and Xanax. — Jenny Lawson Being me Copy Share Image
“And that’s when I realized how incredibly lucky I am to have friends like Laura. Because she took something traumatic and awful… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“I’d convinced myself that girls are like small bears: cute to look at, but far too dangerous to have lunch with.” — Jenny Lawson Bears Copy Share Image
I am the Wizard of Oz of housewives (in that I am both "Great and Terrible" and because I sometimes hide behind… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
When I was young, my family didn't go on outings to the circus or trips to Disneyland. We couldn't afford them. Instead,… — Jenny Lawson Cemetery Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we walk in sunlight with everyone else. Sometimes we live underwater and fight and grow. And sometimes... ...sometimes we fly.” — Jenny Lawson Depression Copy Share Image
But really, what else are you going to talk about in line at the liquor store? Childhood trauma seems like the natural… — Jenny Lawson Childhood Copy Share Image
Have you ever been homesick for someplace that doesn't actually exist anymore? Someplace that exists only in your mind? — Jenny Lawson Home Copy Share Image
“Also, vaginas seem to have less personality than penises, so “Is this your vagina?” would probably be difficult to answer. If someone… — Jenny Lawson Funny Copy Share Image
The first thing I do when I come home is check the refrigerator for cats because I'm convinced that if one dies,… — Jenny Lawson Cat Copy Share Image
“Black women are always the loudest when they have babies. Screaming to Jesus, usually. White women are much quieter, right up until… — Jenny Lawson Black women Copy Share Image
“If someone asked me to pick out my own vagina’s mug shot out of a lineup of vaginas, I’d be helpless. And… — Jenny Lawson Vagina Copy Share Image
“Victor and I have different ideas about what we should do in our spare time. In my spare time I like to… — Jenny Lawson Different ideas Copy Share Image
“Choosing to work in HR is like choosing to work in the complaint department of hell, except way more frustrating, because at… — Jenny Lawson Business Copy Share Image
When someone writes something hateful and threatening I respond with something like, "I want to be so much like you; I want… — Jenny Lawson Conversation Copy Share Image
It's true, I did say I wanted girlfriends," I capitulated hesitantly, "but couldn't we start with something smaller and less terrifying? Like… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Last week my boss told me to rewrite a twenty-page proposal on engagement benchmarking. I turned it in and he wrote a… — Jenny Lawson Constructive criticism Copy Share Image
“Dear Victor: Wow. That … really got out of hand. I’m sending this cat in as a peace offering. I forgive you… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to have a childhood that was _not_ like mine. I have no real… — Jenny Lawson Childhood Copy Share Image
“In San Antonio the crowd was small because it was the same day as the huge local Fiesta celebration. A man stepped… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“If you try to make a shrimp boil, but the bag of spices bursts, and so you just toss it in along… — Jenny Lawson Dinner party Copy Share Image
“Besides, I wasn't the only one with sleep problems, as Victor had been talking in his sleep since he was a kid.… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I have trouble getting approvals from my heath insurance company for basic antidepressants. And I have the best plan my agency has.… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
It's funny because the most sane women I've ever met are my mom and my grandmothers. I think you have to be… — Jenny Lawson Environment Copy Share Image
“Listen to the tiny voice inside your head. Unless it's trying to tell you that you're worthless. Then, fuck that voice. That… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
When I was in junior high I read a lot of Danielle Steele. So I always assumed that the day I got… — Jenny Lawson Brother Copy Share Image
“If I'd have been thinking I would have left some Woolite and my delicates by the sink for him to rinse out,… — Jenny Lawson Humour Copy Share Image
So many of us feel like we're misfits until we finally find our tribe - the other people who are are strange… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Oh my God, calm down, Darwin. Don't get all crazy just 'cause I threw a vampire monkey wrench in your faulty Jesus-zombie… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing… — Jenny Lawson Absurdity Copy Share Image
“Also, if you try to make a shrimp boil but the bag of spices bursts and so you just toss it all… — Jenny Lawson Food Copy Share Image
Writing is my therapy. In addition to my real therapy. God knows where I'd be without it. I'd probably still be at… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to write was explaining what anxiety feels like. Every time I'd try to really write about what it feels… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety Copy Share Image
I can finally see that all the terrible parts of my life, the embarrassing parts, the incidents I wanted to pretend never… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I once threw myself a surprise party on Twitter because I was lonely. It was awesome. Thousands of people showed up and… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
the most terribly human moments - the ones we want to pretend never happened - are the very moments that make us… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
It's interesting with my blog, because it feels to me less like a blog and more like a forum, because my readers… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
When you're really crazy you don't question it. Being aware of my behaviors stops them. Sure, a lot of people pick their… — Jenny Lawson Behavior Copy Share Image
“There were five full glasses of wine in front of me, but the wine teacher told us that we were not allowed… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“No matter how shitty it got, I could always look back and say, “At least I don’t have my arm stuck up… — Jenny Lawson Life Copy Share Image
