“And now I also understand that no matter what she had said or done, it would never have been enough, since there is no comfort another person can offer you that is wholly satisfying. ‘Where shall I find God?’ Florence Nightingale once asked herself, and her answer? ‘In myself.’ In myself. In myself.”
― Nobody, Somebody, Anybody
― Nobody, Somebody, Anybody
“I didnt want to feel original. my throat filled. Even if I’d been able to speak, I knew there were no words that could communicate just how undeserving of sympathy I truly was.”
― Nobody, Somebody, Anybody
― Nobody, Somebody, Anybody
“We're quite distant from one another, and in certain respects we may have different ways of seeing, but nevertheless, sometime or some day one of us might be able to be of use to the other. For today, I shake your hand, thanking you again for the kindness you've shown me.”
― Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters
― Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters
“It might not be a common practise to placebo oneself, but why not try? Weren’t we all doing it to some extent every day anyway? Telling ourselves mind over matter, think positively, visualize, manifest, fake it till you make it. Delusion was an accepted part of life. So why not take a more formalized, clinical approach?”
― Nobody, Somebody, Anybody
― Nobody, Somebody, Anybody
“To live in happiness, you must know some unhappiness in life.”
― Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
― Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
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