" It was freeing not to hide my feelings, or make excuses or apologies for them when they popped out.

I just got to be.

I wasn't sure I had ever been able to simply be before in my life.

Without the constant voice in my head telling me all the things I should - or shouldn't - be doing, what I was screwing up, what I needed to work on, what I needed to think, eat, do - there was so much quiet inside. "

― Jessica Gadziala , The Babysitter (Professionals, #5)