“My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God' sort of way.”

—  Augusten Burroughs , book Running with Scissors

Source: Running with Scissors

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