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“the prison wasn’t the place, but the perspective.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“If country music has taught me anything, it’s that getting drunk probably isn’t the best method of dealing with heartbreak. But I’m a traditionalist.”
― Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
― Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
“This is how we all come to the world, James. Weak and needy, desperate to learn how to be a person.” She smiled at him. “But if we do not like the person we have learned to be, should we just sit in front of our fufu, doing nothing? I think, James, that maybe it is possible to make a new way.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“hope impedes adaptation.” In other words, if you're stuck with something, you learn to live with it. And the sooner you learn to live with it, the happier you will be.”
― Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
― Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
“...I had nothing to do but survive the feeling that some pain is for no reason at all. It became clearer than ever that life is not a series of choices. So often the experiences that define us are the ones that we didn't pick. Cancer. Betrayal. Miscarriage. Job loss. Mental illness. A novel coronavirus.”
― No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
― No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
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