“When I grow up,” he pronounced, “I shall take care to have three really peculiar families at least. I want crowds of mad relatives.”
“Words, just sometimes, can set you free.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“People place so much value on thought, but feeling is as essential. I want to read books that make me laugh and cry and fear and hope and punch the air in triumph. I want a book to hug me or grab me by the scruff of my neck. I don’t even mind if it punches me in the gut. Because we are here to feel.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Life is hard. It may be beautiful and wonderful but it is also hard.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Do not watch TV aimlessly. Do not go on social media aimlessly. Always be aware of what you are doing, and why you are doing it. Don’t value TV less. Value it more. Then you will watch it less. Unchecked distractions will lead you to distraction.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“If you have ever believed a depressive wants to be happy, you are wrong. They could not care less about the luxury of happiness. They just want to feel an absence of pain.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
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