“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“The more anxious we are, the more high-functioning we will make ourselves appear, which just encourages the world to lean on us more.”
― First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety
― First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety—A Personal Journey Through Anxiety and Self-Discovery
― First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety—A Personal Journey Through Anxiety and Self-Discovery
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