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“The fact that they have families and parents,” Eunsil retorted, “is why they shouldn’t do these things, not why we should forgive them.”
― Cho Nam-Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

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“I remind myself if happiness is fleeting, then so is sadness.
I remind myself depression is the weather, and I'm a weather-worn tree.
I remind myself even the worst storms pass.
I remind myself I've survived them all.”
― Shaheen Bhatt, I've never been (Un)happier

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“Depression deprives you of a good many things on it's long, winding course and one of the first things it divests you of is your sense of self. For me, depression's finest feat was tricking me out of an identity...”
― Shaheen Bhatt, I've never been (Un)happier

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“When you're in the throes of what feels like all-consuming pain, sleep is respite. It's your last refuge from the unrelenting guerilla attacks carried out against you by your own mind.”
― Shaheen Bhatt, I've never been (Un)happier

tags: depression, insomnia, sleep

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“Every time I watch a yogurt commercial I think, my god, I want to be that happy. I really do.”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

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