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“Hermes gazes up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“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

“What Carissa came to see was that she'd hidden herself behind a facade, pretending that she wasn't yearning for more or better, all the while thinking that the mere passage of time somehow counted as progress in the relationship.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

“The effort to ward off intrusive symptoms, though self-protective in intent, further aggravates the PTSD, for the attempt to avoid reliving the trauma too often results in a narrowing of consciousness, a withdrawal from engagement with others, and an impoverished life.”
― Judith Lewis Herman MD, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror