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Fun isn’t a thing I’m particularly familiar with. Life’s a serious thing. There’s a lot going on in this place. Being prepared and working hard and doing well are far more important than fun.
“I don't really like you, but I'm so good at acting as if I do that it's basically the same thing.”
― Every Fifteen Minutes
― Every Fifteen Minutes
“What is it that the child has to teach?
The child naively believes that everything should be fair
and everyone should be honest,
that only good should prevail,
that everybody should have what they want
and there should be no pain or sadness.
The child believes the world should be perfect
and is outraged to discover it is not.
And the child is right.”
― Wisdom to Heal the Earth - Meditations and Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The child naively believes that everything should be fair
and everyone should be honest,
that only good should prevail,
that everybody should have what they want
and there should be no pain or sadness.
The child believes the world should be perfect
and is outraged to discover it is not.
And the child is right.”
― Wisdom to Heal the Earth - Meditations and Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
“We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us.”
― Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People
― Type 1 Sociopath - When Difficult People Are More Than Just Difficult People
“In this space right here
that we have made for each other,
you can say anything
and I will not abandon you.
Unwrap the worst things you have done.
Watch me hold them up to the light
and not even flinch.”
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that we have made for each other,
you can say anything
and I will not abandon you.
Unwrap the worst things you have done.
Watch me hold them up to the light
and not even flinch.”
―
“One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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