A Girl I Knew

All the Phony People Where do they all come from? All the Phony People Where do they all belong?

Michael from HR

September 30th

I had to go through a time of isolation in order to come to terms with who and what I was.

Perhaps it’s time to rethink toughness or at least detach it from hardness… The people we admire for being resilient are not hard; they are ardent. They have a fervent commitment to some cause, some ideal or some relationship. That higher yearning enables them to withstand setbacks, pain and betrayal. […] We live in an age when it’s considered sophisticated to be disenchanted. But people who are enchanted are the real tough cookies.

Most of the things in this book didn’t actually happen, but the feelings are very close to home. Or, as my mother said, ‘None of it happened and all of it’s true.’