Annabel Ritchie
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“One of the more excruciating emotional disconnects for me is when someone says something they think is poignant and I receive it as complete bullshit.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“The problem with this is that if we beat ourselves up after a mistake, we add shame onto the guilt and frustration that we already feel about our mistake. That guilt and frustration can be helpful in moving us forward, but shame...shame keeps us stuck. It's a paralyzing emotion. When we get caught in a shame spiral, we tend to make more of the same kinds of mistakes that caused us shame in the first place".”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“SLIPS ARE TOTALLY NORMAL. WHEN you have a slip, it’s just that. A slip. It doesn’t define you. It doesn’t make you a failure. The most important thing is that you don’t let that slip become a slide,”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
“This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. You have to realize it's going to be a
long process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.”
― Norwegian Wood
long process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.”
― Norwegian Wood
Annabel’s 2023 Year in Books
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