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“Love is a capricious creature which desires everything and can be contented with almost nothing.”
― Madeleine de Scudéry

“My depression points to my not knowing how to lose - I have perhaps been unable to find a valid compensation for the loss. It follows that any loss entails the loss of my being - and of Being itself. The depressed person is a radical, sullen atheist.”
― Martha Manning, Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface

“There have now been many studies of elite performers—international violinists, chess grand masters, professional ice-skaters, mathematicians, and so forth—and the biggest difference researchers find between them and lesser performers is the cumulative amount of deliberate practice they’ve had. Indeed, the most important talent may be the talent for practice itself.”
― Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

“Just hold me, sit with me, put your arm around me. Listen as I struggle to tell you what it feels like, without thinking you have to tie it all up in some cohesive clinical bundle. I don't expect you to make this better. I know you can't.”
― Martha Manning, Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface