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“...trying to use willpower to overcome the apathetic sort of sadness that accompanies depression is like a person with no arms trying to punch themselves until their hands grow back. A fundamental component of the plan is missing and it isn't going to work.”
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“They had a place where they belonged, and, even if it was because he didn't want to deal with their being different, he didn't treat them any differently. Which I think is a pretty successful implementation of Christianity.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act.”
― Life After Death
― Life After Death
“Jail was preferable. There they only limited you physically. In a mental ward they tampered with your soul and worldview and mind.”
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“I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure - the failure that sometimes washes over me as anger, makes me so angry I could spit - is all mine, in the end. What made my obstacles insurmountable, what consigned me to mediocrity, is me, just me. I thought for so long, forever, that I was strong enough -- or I misunderstood what strength was.”
― The Woman Upstairs
― The Woman Upstairs
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