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“Children learn from the world through doing, touching, experiencing; adults on the other hand, tend to take in the world through their heads - reading books, watching television, swiping at touch screens. They're estranged from the world of everyday objects. Yet interacting with the world is fundamental to who we are.”
― All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
― All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
“You have the life you’re willing to put up with.”
― Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
― Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“Homework is the new family dinner.”
― All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
― All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
“Imagine saying to somebody that you have a life-threatening illness, such as cancer, and being told to pull yourself together or get over it.
Imagine being terribly ill and too afraid to tell anyone lest it destroys your career.
Imagine being admitted to hospital because you are too ill to function and being too ashamed to tell anyone, because it is a psychiatric hospital.
Imagine telling someone that you have recently been discharged and watching them turn away, in embarrassment or disgust or fear.
Comparisons are odious. Stigmatising an illness is more odious still.”
― Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression
Imagine being terribly ill and too afraid to tell anyone lest it destroys your career.
Imagine being admitted to hospital because you are too ill to function and being too ashamed to tell anyone, because it is a psychiatric hospital.
Imagine telling someone that you have recently been discharged and watching them turn away, in embarrassment or disgust or fear.
Comparisons are odious. Stigmatising an illness is more odious still.”
― Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression
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