Think of how much we stress about living up to our "potential," and how it creates anxiety and terror in people; in short, stops them from living their life as fully as they might out of fear and self-loathing. — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension. — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
Although I don't think love is quantitatively measured - in other words, I don't believe that you "don't know love until you have a… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions in terms… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I have been, earlier in my life, a lazy writer. I'd spend three hours at the gym to avoid writing, or I'd just find… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
The most precious love is often the kind that isn't returned, and that is given freely. — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I do believe that great love brings with it the terror and possibility of great loss. — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I don't believe in God, but I do believe in that chaotic reality, and also this: that none of us knows anything about anything.… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
Think of how much we stress about living up to our "potential," and how it creates anxiety and terror in people; in short, stops… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I honestly turned to writing because I didn't know what else to do, and because a friend had gently suggested it. — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I think it's more important to concentrate on trying to be, simply, happy. Once you've known deep despair, you feel even more motivated to… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension. — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
