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“If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.”
― Chuck Palahniuk

tags: humor, love

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“The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you first must make it beautiful. In some strange way, I have tried to do that with manic-depressive illness. It has been a fascinating, albeit deadly, enemy and companion; I have found it to be seductively complicated, a distillation both of what is finest in our natures, and of what is most dangerous.”
― Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

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“For the introvert, as for the flâneur, observing is not a fallback position—something we do because we can’t participate. We watch because we want to. There is something wonderfully grounding about remaining still as others mull about—or mulling about while others remain still. Against the backdrop of the scene, the introvert feels more like an “I.”
― Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength

tags: introversion

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