“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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
...pretty much everyone hates high school. It's a measure of your humanity, I suspect. If you enjoyed high school, you were probably… — Jenny Lawson 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
I had very low self-esteem. Books saved me. I found friends in stories like The Chronicles of Narnia and A Tree Grows… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Usually when I tell people my dad was a Texas armadillo racing champion, they assume I’m exaggerating, but then I pull out… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“No one ever died from being sad.” Except that they do. And when we see celebrities who fall victim to depression’s lies… — Jenny Lawson Better off dead Copy Share Image
I picked up the phone to call the police, but then I considered how it would sound when I told them that… — Jenny Lawson 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 rocked in silence, and realized for the first time that 'home' wasn't this place anymore. It was wherever Victor was. It… — Jenny Lawson 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
“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
“When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to… — Jenny Lawson Depressed 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
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
“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
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
A friend is someone who knows where all your bodies are buried. Because they're the ones who helped you put them there."… — Jenny Lawson Body Copy Share Image
[On acupuncture:] The needles are small and won't hurt at all. In fact, they'll feel good. Ha, ha! Just kidding. They feel… — Jenny Lawson Acupuncture Copy Share Image
“Check your vagina. Does it look kind of broken? If so, you probably had a baby. Seriously, mine was all Franken-gina for… — Jenny Lawson Vagina Copy Share Image
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
Even at age 10, I already knew that I was different from most people. My anxiety disorder was still years from being… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
There's so much shame involved in not being like everyone else. But I learned that the things that made me unique were… — Jenny Lawson Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Then a man onstage quoted Sam Houston, saying, “Texas can make it without the United States, BUT THE UNITED STATES CANNOT MAKE… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Also, whenever I read this paragraph to people who don't live in the South, they get hung up on the fact that… — Jenny Lawson Amendment Copy Share Image
One of the most important things I learned is forging a rapport with someone at your insurance company. Know their names. You'll… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Everything in this book is mostly true but some details have been changed to protect the guilty. I know it’s usually about… — Jenny Lawson Books Copy Share Image
“Hey, Grandlibby?” I asked. “What’s a ‘turn-on’?” She paled visibly, looking mildly ill. “Well,” she said…struggling for words, “it’s…um…the things that make… — Jenny Lawson 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
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