“I am well and truly messed up.”
“What a mess we are, I thought. But this is usually where any hope of improvement begins, acknowledging the mess. When I am well, I know not to mess with mess right away; I try to let silence and time work their magic. [p. 100]”
“I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.”
“He couldn't figure out if she was immensely well adjusted or seriously messed up.”
“The fact that both ego and self say "I" is a source of confusion and misidentification. The well-informed ego says truly, "I am what I know myself to be." The self says merely, "I am.”
“I am not going to be the person who completes you,” he said, glancing at me and turning away. “You are one messed-up bitch.”