I folded down almost every page in this book. I wish I had read this 20 or 30 years ago! I’m going to give copies to my kids and some friends.

p. 79
"...the way you do anything is the way you do everything. Everything you do is practice for everything else that you do."

The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn
Jefferson's Children by Leon Botstein
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink

p. 115
"Try this: For three or four days, write down the little things you do that you normally don't think about doing, including any morning, afternoon, or evening routines, any habits you've got, and the kind of music you're listening to most. Write down ten things you find yourself thinking about without your having chosen to think about them. Notice how you answer questions like "How are you?" and "How was your day?"
Now you're ready to shut down and reboot. For three days, no TV, radio, internet, music, film, games, newspapers, magazines, and so forth. You can talk with people, but no communication with anything that can't speak back to you of its own intelligence."

p. 117
How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything: A Workbook by Cheri Huber

p. 129
film or comic Constantine


p. 131
"The good news about suicidal longing is that it's got the potential to fuel great art."
Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland

p. 139
"Experiment on animals and small children. Experiment getting these concepts across to animals or children. Practice makes perfect.

Hello.
I'm not going to hurt you.
May I join you?
Thank you.
Where are your boundaries?
Here are my boundaries.
What pleases you?
This is what pleases me.
I enjoyed this time with you.
Good-bye."

p. 143
"Real life isn't like gym class, or some corporate office. Every day you wake up, you get to choose the kind of game you'd like to play, and you get to pick what level you'd like to play at. If you don't like a game that someone else wants you to play, you don't have to play it, no matter what anyone says."

p. 174
"Use your fear like a compass. Each time I walk toward what's scaring me most--and keep on walking toward it--I end up walking right through that fear to some other side where I am no longer afraid. And every time that happens, there's another fear waiting for me on the other side. And I bitch and moan and then start walking toward this new fear, and it always gets scarier and scarier until finally I'm through to yet another side with yet another fear. It's like a video game. The levels get harder and harder, but you get better and better at playing."

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
Defending Your Life - Albert Brooks

p. 187
t-gina.com - Gina Kamentsky comics

p. 193
geekculture.com

p. 200
All That Jazz
author Heather Lewis

p. 214
Sensuous Spirituality and Omnigender by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara Walker

p. 217
laughter therapy teehee.com
"What kinds of things make you laugh? Keep a small notebook with you and write them down. Put a start next to the ones that aren't at anyone else's expense. Put two stars next to the ones that aren't at your expense either. Do a lot more of the two-start things than the one-star things. Do a lot more of the one-star things than the no-star things. That'll brighten up yer day."

p. 222
Art of War by Sun Tzu
A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Patton
Lawrence of Arabia
Firefly

I read this book because it was mentioned in the Acknowledgments of Mad Honey by co-author Jennifer Finney Boylan. There is a quote in this book that also sums up my goal in reading Hello Cruel World. “I find you fascinating and so different from me. Might I ask you what your life’s been like? I think we could learn something from each other.” Pg 56
I didn’t understand all of it but did like the general idea of the book, to give all outsiders the support to keep living and keep being themselves, even if they are “different”. “We need you in this world to keep things interesting.” Pg 5 Dedication #indigoemployee

If this book helps anyone, and I believe it would, it deserves 5 stars