Colleen

“What we achieve at our best moment doesn’t say much about who we are. It all boils down to what we become at our worst moment.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Feverborn

“Freedom in society is gauged by our success in getting what we want and conditioned by status and power, by race, class and gender. In the internal world of the psyche, however, freedom means something very different. It is the ability to opt for our long-term physical and spiritual well-being as opposed to our immediate urges. Absent that ability, any talk of ‘free will’ or ‘choice’ becomes nearly meaningless.”
― Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

“Don't let them break you... don't let them tell you who you are”
― Laura Jane Grace

“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin”
― Janis Joplin