"Sometimes it's important to do things for the people you love even when those things don't make a lick of sense to you."

"...Because society has taught us that there's no use in dressing bigger bodies in beautiful clothes, because we do not value bodies of all shapes and sizes. And you want to know who's fed that lie to society?...The patriarchy!"

"My second answer is that sometimes you've just gotta live through life without any shortcuts. Sometimes the only way you can figure out which way is up is to swim to the surface all on our own. It stinks, but it's true. And sometimes people answer their own questions in their letters. Writing can help suss things out, but sometimes we don't see the answer because it's not the one we'd hoped for."


A beautiful book.