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“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.”
― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale
“Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.”
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“Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science fiction It is already happening to some extent in our own society. Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed modern society gives them antidepressant drugs. In effect antidepressants are a means of modifying an individual's internal state in such a way as to enable him to tolerate social conditions that he would otherwise find intolerable.”
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Chris’s 2025 Year in Books
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