Zeynep Bilsel

“Everything is dead, the dead are everywhere. There are only people, and all around them is silence—that's the earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Meek One

“Among the most supported theories is that what is actually most useful about telling our secrets goes further than simple stress release; putting our experiences into words helps us begin to make sense of our thoughts and feelings. Remember, especially for children, secrets are often the product of moments when we say to ourselves, if we say anything at all, “There are no words. I don’t know what to do with that. I don’t know where to put that.” What does it mean, then, to take a feeling or an experience and, literally, “put it into words”? Words are labels and categories. They are boxes that organize the scattered contents of our minds. So when we talk about our experiences we are sorting them out, whether we intend to be or not, just by putting them into places where they might fit. We are able to say, “There are words. I do know what to do with that. I do know where to put that.” The very act of doing so makes our most confusing or disturbing experiences more organized and understandable, and it makes them less scary and upsetting as well. Like P. D. James said about the detective story, putting feelings into words can be a restoration of order.”
― Meg Jay, Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience

“One thing I have learned is that many, many people feel isolated with similar problems, unaware that they are not as alone or as different as they think.”
― Meg Jay, Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience

“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer