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by Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author)

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by Annette Curtis Klause

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“Did you ever stop to think that a dog is the only animal that doesn't have to work for a living? A hen has to lay eggs, a cow has to give milk, and a canary has to sing. But a dog makes his living by giving you nothing but love.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

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“And then she realized that after that Christmas party, she didn't really lose anything, except respect for everyone.”
― Crystal Woods, Write like no one is reading

tags: assholes, christmas, company-parties, drunkenness, fights, loss, party, respect

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“You’ve got to reach bedrock to become depressed enough before you are forced to accept the reality and enormity of the problem.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography

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“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.”
― Danielle Bernock, Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals

tags: captive, childhood-trauma, emotional-abuse, freedom, healing, healing-the-emotional-self, invalidate, lies, love, love-heals, marginalized, pain, ptsd, screams, screams-of-agony, silent-pain, trauma, validation

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“Ninety percent of all problems are caused by people being assholes.”
“What causes the other ten percent?” asked Kizzy.
“Natural disasters,” said Nib.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

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