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“The strongest person is the person who isn’t scared to be alone.”
― The Queen's Gambit
― The Queen's Gambit
“When I was a little kid, I was really scared of the dark. But then I came to understand, dark just means the absence of photons in the visible wavelength--400 to 700 nanometers. Then I thought, well, it's really silly to be afraid of a lack of photons. Then I wasn't afraid of the dark anymore after that.”
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“A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them, and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.”
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“If something is important enough, you should try even if the probable outcome is failure.”
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“We can’t have change without loss, which is why so often people say they want change but nonetheless stay exactly the same.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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