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" My dad's always been horrified by it,” I say. “He doesn't want me to define
myself by my illness or whatever.”
Sasha widens his eyes. “Healthy people are 50 weird about that.” “Right?”
“I don't know how they've developed this fear of it,” he says. “Was there an
after-school special that they all saw? Like, at some point every healthy
person saw some TV show about how you shouldn't let sick people define
themselves by their illness, whatever the fuck that even
means, and they were all sitting there taking notes like uh-huh, oh yes, very
smart, thank you, I will not let them. "
― Hannah Moskowitz , Sick Kids in Love
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" My dad's always been horrified by it," I say. "He doesn't want me to define
myself by my illness or whatever."
Sasha widens his eyes. "Healthy people are 50 weird about that." "Right?"
"I don't know how they've developed this fear of it," he says. "Was there an
after-school special that they all saw? Like, at some point every healthy
person saw some TV show about how you shouldn't let sick people define
themselves by their illness, whatever the fuck that even
means, and they were all sitting there taking notes like uh-huh, oh yes, very
smart, thank you, I will not let them. "
― Hannah Moskowitz , Sick Kids in Love