CHERYLE O'MALLEY

“When people asked you how you were doing, they didn’t really want to know how you were doing. They were saying, “I am a human and you are a human and we are passing in the hallway, so I’ll acknowledge your existence and inquire about your mood to avoid awkwardly staring at the walls, but I don’t care how you actually feel.”
― Jennette Fulda, Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief from the Headache that Wouldn't Go Away

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Technically defined, splitting is the rigid separation of positive and negative thoughts and feelings about oneself and others; that is, the inability to synthesize these feelings.”
― Jerold J. Kreisman, I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

“Day Thirty-five   just for today, i'll remember that kind words accomplish much more than harsh words. .”
― Tom Walsh, Just for Today, The Expanded Edition