I was always shy. Writing was my only outlet. Because I always hid in a room, I spent a lot of time… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety 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
“Is "defeatedly" a word? As in, "She sighed defeatedly as spell-check implied that 'defeatedly' isn't a real word.” — 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
“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
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
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
In fact almost everyone in my yearbook wrote the same thing to me: "To weird girl, you're nice." I didn't think it… — Jenny Lawson Badges 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
“I’d convinced myself that girls are like small bears: cute to look at, but far too dangerous to have lunch with.” — Jenny Lawson 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 Clicks Copy Share Image
That night I looked up at those same stars, but I didn't want any of those things. I didn't want Egypt, or… — Jenny Lawson Childhood Copy Share Image
“There are few advantages to growing up poor, and not having money for therapy is the biggest.” — Jenny Lawson Mental health 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
“Whenever I start to doubt if I’m worth the eternal trouble of medication and therapy, I remember those people who let the… — Jenny Lawson Meditation Copy Share Image
“And don’t bother to deny it, because you just read it, so you have to be thinking about it. This is the… — Jenny Lawson Books Copy Share Image
I had no idea how complicated and solitary it could be to write a simple book. — Jenny Lawson Book Copy Share Image
Every time I get scared or feel like I'm not going to be good enough at something, I say that mantra to… — Jenny Lawson Be good Copy Share Image
It’s amazing how much you’re missing in a depressive state until you start to come out on the other side. It’s like… — Jenny Lawson Breathing Copy Share Image
One moment I'm perfectly fine and the next I feel a wave of nausea, then panic. Then I can't catch my breath… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety 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
I wanted to write about my disorders for people like my husband or mother who don't suffer but have saved people. Mentally… — Jenny Lawson Battle 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
“I turned to my cousin, "My turn-ons are Rainbow Brite and unicorns.” — Jenny Lawson Cousin Copy Share Image
