“I'm still trying to wrap my head around the absurdity of the fact that the day before she was here, and now,… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“Hospice care? No, you must mean Frisbee game. Because there's no way my brother and I aren't outside right now playing Frisbee… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“Who knows the meaning of life, death, or anything else quasi-important. Maybe the starving poets on street corners and oceanside piers. I'd… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I don't want to hide. I don't want to be alone. I don't want to wander off into the desert in shame… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve woken up in a cold sweat thinking I’m being chased by a grunting, disfigured man wielding… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“We've all felt a little incompetent, insufficient, overexposed, helpless, unlovable, terrified, defective, unfit and unsung at times. And deep down, for whatever reason, you… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I'm still trying to wrap my head around the absurdity of the fact that the day before she was here, and now, just one… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“One minute, I'm a tragically average, fair and freckled eighth-grader with algebra homework. The next, I'm one who has swallowed liquor. I'm a rebel.… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“Take a moment in between breaths to let yourself see what's left to be seen, all the places you've been. Your old haunts. I… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“Addiction, at its worst, is akin to having Stockholm Syndrome. You're like a hostage who has developed an irrational affection for your captor. They… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I’ve always felt safer at night. You can be much more forgiving of yourself, not to mention the world and everyone in it, when… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“Fact: You are part Shakespeare. You are part Jack the Ripper. You are part dinosaur. You are part of a star that exploded way… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“Rise up and lift your sword, peaceful warrior. Keep it strong and steady. You've already lived and fought a thousand battles, and you're not… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I lead a double life. I'm John Wayne Gacy. I present myself in potentially awkward social situations as a laughing, colorful clown to gain… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“When you're in the clutches of a drinking problem you don't really sit around thinking, I should really knock this shit off and go… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I'd much rather spend all day on the Santa Monica pier playing Asteroids than delve into the murk and analyze myself. And if you… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
