" I went mad and then I was 45, which was older than I thought I'd ever be, and then I was
50, which was older than I thought I'd ever be when I was 45, and then on the night of my
57th birthday I went blind and I stood naked in the middle of my bedroom and all of a
sudden I was at the center of the universe, facing out. No more trying to get in anyone
else's head. Oh, what does she think of me? What does that man bagging my groceries
think of--nope. It's just me! Alone in the universe! Standing in the center of my own life.
I can't even look in a mirror. It's just me and my thoughts and sometimes I have no
thoughts at all. Sometimes I just lie in bed in the morning and think about nothing.
Imagine that.
Before you take a break, imagine that.
Sitting in the center of your own life with no thoughts at all about what other people are
thinking.
They can think whatever they like.
You can all think whatever you like about me. "

― Annie Baker , John