In the face of the beautiful-awful-tragic-absurd-mundane-heartbreaking-impossible-wonderful,
all I can think to say is:
and even this...
“I record my life, sifting and trying to separate what is real from what I’ve dreamed. I have decided not to tell you what is fact versus what is unfact primarily because (a) I am giving you a portrait of the essence of me, and (b) because, living where I do, living in the chasm that cuts through thought, it is lonely… come with me, reader. I am toying with you, yes, but for a real reason. I am asking you to enter the confusion with me, to give up the ground with me, because sometimes that frightening floaty place is really the truest of all. Kierkegaard says, 'The greatest lie of all is the feeling of firmness beneath our feet. We are most honest when we are lost.' Enter that lostness with me. Live in the place I am, where the view is murky, where the connecting bridges and orienting maps have been surgically stripped away.”
— Lauren Slater
“I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiles even when her heart is broken, and the one that could always brighten up your day even if she couldn’t brighten her own.”
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After I read this, I wanted to give myself a hug. So I did.
In 2006, actor Stephen Fry received a letter from a girl struggling with depression. This was his response.
This is why Stephen Fry is one of my heroes.
A fantastic human being.
You’ve probably seen this, but you also probably can’t see it enough.
Bless this post.
He said Some instead on Sun :P
Kate says: Hey-ho, it’s raining inside. In which Stephen Fry is succinct and correct again. Bless him. ♥
This truly hits home
Hero worship forever.
Its great because he isn’t dismissing her depression, or saying its her fault. He acknowledges it, and tells her that...
If I had to ever pick just one thing that Stephen Fry has ever written.. it would be this.
Stephen Fry is one of my absolute favourite people in the world. ever. This, is one of the many reasons why.