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“The literature says this is normal for traumatized people. Experts say it’s all part of the three P’s: We think our sadness is personal, pervasive, and permanent. Personal, in that we have caused all the problems we face. Pervasive, in that our entire life is defined by our failings. And permanent, in that the sadness will last forever.”
― Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

“فضل الرجل على المراة ليس في كونه اكثر منها فضلا او اسباب قوة,
بل في كونها هي اكثر منه حبا و تسامحا و صبرا و ايثارا,ففضائلها الحقيقية هي التي جعلته الافضل,كما تجوع الام لتطعم ابنه”
― مصطفى صادق الرفاعي

“When the sky falls, use it as a blanket,”
― Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

“It made perfect sense to me later in life when I discovered that the Chinese word for endurance is simply the word knife on top of the word heart. You walk around with a knife in your heart. You do it with stoicism. This is the apex of being.”
― Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma