Learning from the 'queen supreme' - I

The thin and eternal goddess that she is, Brandy's picture smiles up at me over a sea of painkillers. This is how I met Brandy Alexander. This is how I found the strenght not to get on with my former life. This is how I found the courage not to pick up the same old pieces.
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"When you understand," Brandy says, "that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan," Brandy says, "then we'll figure out who you're going to be."

PALAHNIUK, Chuck. Invisible Monsters. p. 61