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“the mystery illnesses are like the climate change of the human body.”
― Sarah Ramey, The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness

“I hope the ax doesn’t grind too hard against the stone to say it, but this being far and away a Lady’s problem
goes a long way toward explaining why it hasn’t been taken very seriously at all.”
― Sarah Ramey, The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness

“You can be sure that if 85 percent of fibromyalgia patients were men, rendering them unable to work from extreme fatigue, bone-deep pain, and mind fog—there would be no problem getting the funding and research to look into this scourge upon the modern male workforce.”
― Sarah Ramey

“When we demonize the feminine in women, we demonize it in men, too, causing tremendous imbalance for everyone.”
― Sarah Ramey, The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness

“We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.”
― Brené Brown , The Gifts of Imperfection

“Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection