If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body. - Alison Bechdel

Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief.

Mo: Thanks for the lentils! I have to go home now and rethink my priorities!

From their example, I learnt quickly to feed myself. It was a vicious circle, though. The more gratification we found in our geniuses, the more isolated we grew...And indeed, if our family was a sort of artists' colony, could it not be even more accurately described as a mildly autistic colony? Our selves were all we had.