“Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.”
― Ivanov
― Ivanov
“To feel. To trust the feeling. I long for that”
― Face to Face: A Film
― Face to Face: A Film
“I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons don’t like fresh air - they prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet; for a person who is as chaotic as me, who struggles to be in control, it is an absolute necessity to follow these rules and routines. If I let myself go, nothing will get done.”
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“But since Freud still conceives the mind as a closed system, desires are not expelled but only hidden away.”
― The Interpretation of Dreams
― The Interpretation of Dreams
“90 percent of the serotonin in our bodies—the neurotransmitter that when abundant makes us feel happy, and when depleted makes us feel depressed—is produced in our guts, and gut microbes play a major role in regulating its production (Yano et al. 2015).”
― Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
― Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
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