What you did with this book, whether intentional or not, was inspire folks. We hold a lot of precious dreams as young versions of ourselves and too many times they get trampled on, and all too often we allow them to die. In mourning those losses, embracing the motherf*cking sad is a critical step in actually fighting against it. This book is living proof. There are things I would never had the courage to do for myself had you not written that book. It led me to your last book, and once again your "pretty" words are pretty, pretty, great. I thank you.
It was definitely intentional but there's ... I dunno, a wall up between me and the book. It's like when you've had a painting on your wall for so long you just stopped seeing it. I'm grateful the book happened. It's just very much removed from my life. Maybe it's like a band where they write a song, it does well, and years later they would rather not play it live anymore.
It was this book that got me through one of the hardest times in my life, and I’m grateful for it too. I don’t think I had the capacity at that point to read narrative prose. So lists were exactly what I needed.
I’m also grateful that it helped me find the rest of your writing. Thank you for making something that still resonates, I guess especially since it wasn’t the style of book you wanted to write.
I think the list thing is why it's done so well. I've talked to a lot of people who've said the same thing--that in the depths of what they were dealing with, the short stuff was all they could process. I for sure get that.
What you did with this book, whether intentional or not, was inspire folks. We hold a lot of precious dreams as young versions of ourselves and too many times they get trampled on, and all too often we allow them to die. In mourning those losses, embracing the motherf*cking sad is a critical step in actually fighting against it. This book is living proof. There are things I would never had the courage to do for myself had you not written that book. It led me to your last book, and once again your "pretty" words are pretty, pretty, great. I thank you.
It was definitely intentional but there's ... I dunno, a wall up between me and the book. It's like when you've had a painting on your wall for so long you just stopped seeing it. I'm grateful the book happened. It's just very much removed from my life. Maybe it's like a band where they write a song, it does well, and years later they would rather not play it live anymore.
It was this book that got me through one of the hardest times in my life, and I’m grateful for it too. I don’t think I had the capacity at that point to read narrative prose. So lists were exactly what I needed.
I’m also grateful that it helped me find the rest of your writing. Thank you for making something that still resonates, I guess especially since it wasn’t the style of book you wanted to write.
I think the list thing is why it's done so well. I've talked to a lot of people who've said the same thing--that in the depths of what they were dealing with, the short stuff was all they could process. I for sure get that.