Source: Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
“I mean putting yourself out there in the way of overwhelming happiness and knowing you're also putting yourself in the way of terrible harm. I'm scared to be this happy. I'm scared to be this extreme.”
Source: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
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