A few days ago my good friend, and talented author, Adam Silvera posted this piece on his blog: Happiness Isn’t Just an Outside Thing. The blog post talks mainly about depression, which Adam has grappled with for some time now, and is a beautiful meditation on the failure of external validation to satisfy the holes that truly need filling. I’m so proud of him for sharing his hard journey with all his readers with the same incisive honesty that makes him such a fantastic writer.
On that note, a few words about his beautiful book, More Happy Than Not,which tells the story of Aaron Soto, a high school student in the Bronx recovering from a recent suicide attempt. Aaron has a lot of reasons to feel sad. His father’s suicide, his overworked mother, and his confusing feelings for the new guy on the block. Aaron starts to wonder if the Leteo Institute, which promises revolutionary mind-alterations, might be a good solution to all his problems.
With courage, clarity, and a unique voice, More Happy Than Not, is a must read for everyone.
toast annoys me so much cos like it’s bread that’s been toasted so we call it “toast” but if you fry a potato it’s not called a “fry”
Having someone set as your phone background is the modern day equivalent of having a locket with someone’s picture in it
Cassettes have a side A and a side B, so it’s logical that it’s successor would be the CD.
If you come out as bi, you unlock a new virginity. (source)
Hug your parents when they want one because some parents are just big kids who can’t hug their parents anymore
Think about all the times you looked at someone without them noticing. Now think about how many times someone has looked at you without you noticing.
Because of evolving bacteria and bacteria defenses in our body, travelling to the future could lead you to death, and travelling back to the past can kill everyone.
“Wait a minute, who are all of you?”
People who make advertisements for girls’ toys don’t seem to have any idea how girls play with them. Barbies don’t have nice civilised tea parties and talk about boys, it’s more like Game of Thrones except everyone is a lesbian
Boobs and butts have no sexual functions, so they’re just the fetish with the world’s biggest consensus. (source)
You know what the issue is with this world?Everyone wants some magical solution for their problems, and everyone refuses to believe in magic.
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