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    Richelle E. Goodrich
    “There are far too many silent sufferers.  Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no one who cares.”
    ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
    tags: abuse, despair, hopelessness, richelle, richelle-goodrich, suffering
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    Richelle E. Goodrich
    “There are many who don't wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don't wish to wake for the same fear.”
    ― Richelle Goodrich, Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
    tags: abuse, fear, hardship, nightmares, richelle, richelle-goodrich, suffering, trials
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    Michel Houellebecq
    “The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.”
    ― Michel Houellebecq
    tags: boredom, death, inspirational, life, misery
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: life, regrets
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Sylvia Plath
    “If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
    ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
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    Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.
    “Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.”
    ― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
    tags: evil, monsters, murderers
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    Francesca Zappia
    “Broken people don't hide from their monsters. Broken people let themselves be eaten.”
    ― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters
    tags: eliza-and-her-monsters, monster, monsters
    380 likes

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    Erica Jong
    “Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
    ― Erica Jong
    tags: life-lessons
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    Jennifer Salaiz
    “How 'bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail.”
    ― Jennifer Salaiz
    tags: denial, hate, lies, love, sarcasm, truth
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    Shannon L. Alder
    “Insanity is everyone expecting you not to fall apart when you find out everything you believed in was a lie.”
    ― Shannon L. Alder
    tags: beliefs, boyfriends, cheaters, crisis, delusions, fake-christians, falling-apart, games, girlfriends, insanity, lies, men, mental-disorders, relationships, sisters, stalkers, wrong-diagnosis
    288 likes

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    T.S. Eliot
    “Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.”
    ― T.S. Eliot
    tags: editor, writing
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame;
    how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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    Shirley Jackson
    “I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die.”
    ― Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle
    tags: death, hate, poison
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    George R.R. Martin
    “I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: revenge
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