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The Ihop Papers by Ali Liebegott
“Polly also taught me megalomania. Megalomania means a mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur, wealth, power, etc., a passion for doing big things, a tendency to exaggerate. I love the dictionary. For instance, I looked up megalomania when I got home from Sparky’s that night and I read the definition for the word above it, too. Megalocardia— abnormal enlargement of the heart. I have that, too. That’s why I love four women:
Irene
Hope from Days of Our Lives
Maria
Polly.”
I re-read this book recently and underlined this section, drew asterisks, stars, all sorts of signifiers that will eventually remind me, as they are doing now, how much this book speaks to my heart.
I too suffer from Megalocardia.
