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“I wanted it, then I didn't, and now I truly don't. But it's mine. And I will make sure that if I am the queen of blood; That blood will have meant something....she looked out to the people of Aratay and allowed herself to feel hope.”
― The Queen of Blood
― The Queen of Blood
“My chief regret is the reserve of fear in us all that prevents us from loving others and being loved as we should. I sometimes imagine that I might live my life again, now that I know what to treasure and what to pass by....But I would endure any trial to preserve my place as Mrs Sherlock Holmes.”
― Mrs Holmes
― Mrs Holmes
“R.A.I.N.
Recognize/Relax into what is arising. For example, your craving.
Accept/Allow it to be there.
Investigate bodily sensations, emotions, and thoughts.
Note what is happening from moment to moment.”
― The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
Recognize/Relax into what is arising. For example, your craving.
Accept/Allow it to be there.
Investigate bodily sensations, emotions, and thoughts.
Note what is happening from moment to moment.”
― The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
“Everyone happy with the plan?'
'I'm not happy about any of this,' Zera said.
Kreya one hundred percent agreed with that, as did they all. But they set about doing it anyways, because that was what heroes did.”
― The Bone Maker
'I'm not happy about any of this,' Zera said.
Kreya one hundred percent agreed with that, as did they all. But they set about doing it anyways, because that was what heroes did.”
― The Bone Maker
“As part of this, rumination may be a mode of thinking that depressed people have reinforced. To the point that it, in some ways authenticates who they are.
Yes, this is me. I am that depressed guy.
As Milgram and colleagues put it, 'they may be motivated to experience sadness, to verify their emotional selves.”
― The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
Yes, this is me. I am that depressed guy.
As Milgram and colleagues put it, 'they may be motivated to experience sadness, to verify their emotional selves.”
― The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits
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