Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal QUOTES

1 " My heart beats too loudly at the change in plans.
Changes happen sometimes; they aren’t always a bad thing. I grip my coffee cup and wriggle my toes. I can do this, the coffee says; of course you can, the meds reply. "

― Anna Whateley , Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

3 " Once, in the morning, I decided I would be a biologist, and spent hours in the library studying, preparing for my amazing career. I told the librarian, who still smiles at me. She must think I will get out of this place and make it one day. One book I found about organisms was so fascinating I sat down with it in the stacks, engrossed. It took me fifteen minutes to realise it was about orgasms. I read until lunch and then hid the book on the shelf. "

― Anna Whateley , Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

5 " I know all the tricks because I study people. I’m the mimic, the lyrebird. They created me. "

― Anna Whateley , Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

7 " They said I could pass as normal, that I was clever and no one would ever know. They lied. Not about passing. The lie was hidden beneath, in the desire for me to be the same as them. I am extraordinary. They should have helped me soar, be more of me, not less. "

― Anna Whateley , Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

9 " No therapist teaches you about that. They just want you to know how to look neurotypical. Not to know how to vote or make your world different so you don’t look so wrong in the first place. "

― Anna Whateley , Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal

11 " Let scars form where the sutures fail, and keep on going. "

― Anna Whateley , Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal