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this is a well writtn review and memoir of the litersture, art, philosophy and science of pain, done in a non-whiny, kiterary style that pulls together many genre's of pain writings over the years of pain work. Well synthesized and clearly expressed
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“If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.”
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“Did you really want to die?"
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why do they do it?"
"Because they want to stop the pain.”
― How to Kill a Rock Star
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why do they do it?"
"Because they want to stop the pain.”
― How to Kill a Rock Star
“I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.”
― Hold Still
― Hold Still
“In the meantime, I could withdraw to my room, could hide and sleep as if I were dead”
― Prozac Nation
― Prozac Nation
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