“Sometimes it’s because I feel so awful, or ashamed, and I need to make physical what I feel... and sometimes it’s because I feel so many things and I need to feel nothing at all – it helps clear them away. And sometimes it’s because I feel happy, and I have to remind myself that I shouldn’t.”

“Sometimes it’s because I feel so awful, or ashamed, and I need to make physical what I feel... and sometimes it’s because I feel so many things and I need to feel nothing at all – it helps clear them away. And sometimes it’s because I feel happy, and I have to remind myself that I shouldn’t.”

— Hanya Yanagihara