Clare

“My breath caught hard in my chest, the sensation from my feet crashing into the realization that getting everything I dreamed of really would come at a cost.”
― Leigh Cowart, Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

“At its core, masochism is about choosing pain on purpose, for a reason. And often, in my experience, that reason is to feel bad to feel better.”
― Leigh Cowart, Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

“Bullshit involves language, statistical figures, data graphics, and other forms of presentation intended to persuade or impress an audience by distracting, overwhelming, or intimidating them with a blatant disregard for truth, logical coherence, or what information is actually being conveyed. The key elements of this definition are that bullshit bears no allegiance to conveying the truth, and that the bullshitter attempts to conceal this fact behind some type of rhetorical veil. Sigmund Freud illustrated the concept about as well as one could imagine in a letter he wrote his fiancée, Martha Bernays, in 1884: So I gave my lecture yesterday.”
― Carl T. Bergstrom, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

“With statistics, graphs, and charts, the country's highest-ranking soccer fan proposed a training plan for the speechless coach.”
― Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel