“Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, "Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?”

“Maybe the things she loved most weren't meant to be permanent. Maybe the fact that they existed was enough.”

“Depression is an illness, and no fault of the person who suffers from it”

“Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, "Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?”