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“Art and science are made when people are terrified that they are going to die. (about "Arcadia" by Iain Pears)”
― Jen Campbell

“The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you're having one, it is somehow not obvious to you. I'm fine, you think. So what if I watched TV for twenty-four straight hours yesterday. I'm not falling apart. I'm just lazy. Why it's better to think yourself lazy than think yourself in distress, I'm not sure. But it was better. More than better: it was vital.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Аз имам едно лекомислие от дете. Когато във Варна отивах в училище като малка, избирах най-дългия път, разпервах ръце и тичах, за да образувам вятър. И в това е целият ми акъл. Целият ми живот е така... без особена мъдрост... Това не значи, че не се отнасях сериозно към проблемите.”
― Юлия Огнянова, Уроците на Юлия Огнянова

“It was proof that I had not always been completely alone in this world. But I think I was also holding on to the loss, to the emptiness of the house itself, as though to affirm that it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn’t.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation