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“But just because I’ll forget it some tomorrow doesn’t mean that I didn’t live every second of it today. I will forget today, but that doesn’t mean that today didn’t matter.”
― Still Alice
― Still Alice
“If she hadn’t been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she wouldn’t be going on a comedy tour in two weeks. None of the amazing things that have unfolded in her life would’ve happened without that fork in the road. Yes, that fork was scary and disruptive, but who wants to drive down a perfectly straight road for an entire lifetime?”
― More or Less Maddy
― More or Less Maddy
“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
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“We’ve got humane societies for dogs and cats, but they won’t do anything for human beings,” he spat out. “These women have souls.”
― The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
― The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
“How many people throughout history suffered from my disease and others like it but went untreated? This question is made more pressing by the knowledge that even though the disease was discovered in 2007, some doctors I spoke to believe that it’s been around at least as long as humanity has.”
― Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
― Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
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