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He was vaguely aware that he drank to forget. What made it rather pointless was that he couldn’t remember what it was he was forgetting anymore. In the end he just drank to forget about drinking.
“The pandemic of violence always gets explained as anything but gender, anything but what would seem to be the broadest explanatory pattern of all.”
― Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays
― Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays
“My emotions are fleeting, they do not define me.”
― I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl
― I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl
“Gonzalez adds, “Researchers point out that people tend to take any information as confirmation of their mental models. We are by nature optimists, if optimism means that we believe we see the world as it is. And under the influence of a plan, it’s easy to see what we want to see.”
― Men Explain Things to Me
― Men Explain Things to Me
“I rest when I need to.”
― I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl
― I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl
“You may not be everyone’s cup of tea, some people need cream or sugar just to take you. Others enjoy you pure in taste.”
― Uncaged Wallflower
― Uncaged Wallflower
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