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“On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Waves

“I think [doubt is] perceived in this culture as something weak or denatured, and that’s a huge mistake. Conviction is what you do to be comfortable, to write The End on thinking. Doubt keeps you in the present, it keeps you conscious and reacting to and acting on what is going on now. It’s work, and people like to avoid work.”
― John Patrick Shanley

“The thing about optimism is that it's not optimism unless things are kind of bad! Otherwise you're just a realist.”
― Annie Clarke (St. Vincent)

“In times like these it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these.”
― Paul Harvey