Kat

“You live through that little piece of time that is yours, but that piece of time is not only your own life, it is the summing-up of all the other lives that are simultaneous with yours. . . . What you are is an expression of History. —Robert Penn Warren, World Enough and Time”
― Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“I am often given the big smiling handshake at parties (which I avoid attending whenever possible) by someone who then, with an air of gleeful conspiracy, will say, “You know, I've always wanted to write.” I used to try to be polite. These days I reply with the same jubilant excitement: “You know, I've always wanted to be a brain surgeon.” They look puzzled. It doesn't matter. There are a lot of puzzled people wandering around lately. If you want to write, you write. The only way to learn to write is by writing. And that would not be a useful approach to brain surgery.”
― Stephen King, Night Shift

“i tend to destroy things i'm afraid of. i tend to destroy things that i love. things i don't believe i’m deserving enough.”
― AVA., this is how you know i want you.

“The loss of social connection, for example, turns out to trigger the same system as physical pain—explaining why the death of a family member, a breakup, or even just a social snub can cause such distress. In one simple experiment, it was discovered that over-the-counter painkillers reduced social pain.”
― Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World