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“That’s … why people need each other,” she says gently, trying to make eye contact while spooning the not inexpensive sorbet into her mouth. “Some don’t.” I clear my throat self-consciously. “Or, well, people compensate … They adjust …” ...more
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“time doesn’t heal all wounds, but it does give the tools to endure them.”
Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

“Schemas, whether you’re aware of yours or not, powerfully influence your thoughts, actions and behaviour. They’re the filter through which you interpret other people’s behaviour and they help you decide how to act with friends and strangers. They also help you anticipate and plan for the future, and they even govern what you notice and what you remember when new information comes along. We all pay more attention to things that reinforce our schemas and downplay or negate incoming data that conflicts with them – something known as confirmation bias.”
Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

Elena Ferrante
“Males always have something pathetic about them, at every age. A fragile arrogance, a frightened audacity. I no longer know, today, if they ever aroused in me love or only an affectionate sympathy for their weaknesses.”
Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter

Zadie Smith
“Sometimes I wonder if people don’t want freedom as much as they want meaning,”
Zadie Smith, Swing Time

“You have a substance to your life if you’ve felt pain. You’ve got understanding, that’s where compassion is. It makes you a deeper, richer human being.”
Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

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