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“It struck her that adult life ws endlessly harsh and exciting, something to be overwhelmed by again and again, like a wave beating her down as she tried to stand.”
― Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

“Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

“Ultimately, counselling is an act of hope. It’s the hope that something might get better, and for that to happen, it requires something to change.”
― Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day

“We can’t have change without loss, which is why so often people say they want change but nonetheless stay exactly the same.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed