Diagnoses, Dave thought, were rough guesses, blunt tools, always more inaccurate than they were helpful.

“Mental illness didn’t really change people. It just made them more of who they …”

“I know how to wait for clarity to emerge from chaos. I know what it is to trust…”

“I couldn’t bear to think of my mother loving me but unable to face me, to stare…”

“I looked at the sofa. I wanted to lie down on it and close my eyes. I wanted hi…”