And once more I’m struck by how pitiful and pointless this little container called me is, what a lame, shabby being I am. I feel like everything I’ve ever done in life has been a total waste.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Angélica Navarro Llanos, “Climate Debt: The Basis of a Fair and Effective Solution to Climate Change,” presentation to Technical Briefing on Historical Responsibility, Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn, Germany, June 4, 2009.

I used to hate how afraid my mom was and how afraid she had made me. Now I understand but I can no longer be like her.

Written By Francesca Lia Block

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