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“We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive.”
― Pat Barker, The Ghost Road

“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“Life makes us so fragile and anesthetizes us too.”
― Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

“What matters is that you consistently work your process and do what you set out to do, each and every day.”
― Jeff Haden, The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win