There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to find a way to ride it out so that they don't wind up needing extra help. So I think that "mental illness," as a term, is garbage. Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something.
John DarnielleGender relations are a sad story of men talking trash about women all over the world.
John DarnielleAdulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.
John DarnielleHuman beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, "I will never let that happen to you."
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