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368 pages, Hardcover
First published September 5, 2017
Esther supposed, as they held each other under a threadbare carpet of stars, that this was how it must always feel in the beginning. Yet even there, next to him, the most excellent person in the universe, she couldn't stop herself from thinking that love was a pitcher plant. Sweet with nectar on the outside, but once you caught the scent and took the plunge, it ate you whole.
Soul and all.
She also mentioned something about a "fear of commitment" and how Esther was attempting to "mitigate any future pain" by finding faults with the people she grew close to. By finding excuses to stay away from them, by avoiding intimacy and any deep emotional connection, by cutting off her feelings to preserve her emotional well-being, she insulated herself against pain but also against life.
"Mental illness doesn't make you weak, it makes you human... There is no shame in seeking help."
“Point is, you gotta be scared. Fear protects you. You gotta be scared right down to your bones" - he touched his fingertips to her collarbone - "for bravery to mean anything.”Buy This Book 📖
"People got tired of mental illness when they found out they couldn't fix it."
“She’s passed the fear barrier, and she’d lived, and she’d discovered not certain death, s she’d imagined, nut impossible splendor. What other beautiful things had fear been hiding from her? What else has the curse long kept her from discovering? For the first time in a long time. She wanted to find out.”