#jonathan kellerman

"You think I'm reaching? It was just a look."

"Isn't there a term in psych for when it all comes tumbling down like that?" "Cognitive dissonance." "Whatever. Tell me," he leaned forward, "what do people do when they're in that state?" "Sometimes change their beliefs, sometimes distort reality to fit those beliefs."

Romantic things burst forth in anything we fancy, whether spent in our own company or with somebody worth sharing it with.

Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.

Getting my act together. I have a chemical imbalance that affects my moods but I also need to take personal responsibility for how I react to stressful situations.

Reaching to dish her more garlic noodles, I noticed that I was sitting up taller, my body big and open. I’d been carrying around so much tension for so long that it had become my resting state, imperceptible until I was free of it.