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“Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.”
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
“Like daffodils in the early days of spring, my neurons were resprouting receptors as the winter of the illness ebbed.”
― Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
― Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
“She kept talking and she kept talking. I thought she would never stop. Standing there, I felt the sun pour through the windows, setting and rising on my back. The sunroom had become a sundial measuring the geological age of my psychological toture.”
― A Head Full of Ghosts
― A Head Full of Ghosts
“But what if I did tell people exactly what was going on? What if I valued my own peace of mind more than what other people think of me? Would I end up jobless, friendless, and loveless? Would I vanish entirely?”
― So Sad Today: Personal Essays
― So Sad Today: Personal Essays
“The dead pull the living down.”
― Heart-Shaped Box
― Heart-Shaped Box
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