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“European democracies collapsed into right-wing authoritarianism and fascism in the 1920s and ’30s. The communist Soviet Union”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“If you’ve noticed that you’re hungrier and crave unhealthy foods when you don’t get enough sleep, chalk it up to hormones. Studies show that when you sleep only four or five hours a night, the hunger hormone ghrelin spikes—so you feel really hungry the next day. Plus, when you’re sleep deprived, your body releases cortisol. When cortisol goes up, it tells your liver to release its stored glucose. But it also limits insulin. So, your blood sugar levels soar, making you crave foods, usually sugary carbs. Still other research has linked sleep deprivation to depression and anxiety, both prevalent in mid-life, as well as insulin resistance, which is a trigger for high blood pressure, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.”
― Mary Claire Haver, The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms

“regret can go one of two ways: it can either shackle you to the past or serve as an engine for change.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed