“Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gaps”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“PERHAPS THE GREATEST FACULTY our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“I was in fear I would not have my job anymore because of my physical burnout. And my internal dialogue responded back that I should be in fear of losing my life, my values and my integrity. It was at that point that everything changed—for the better.”
― Remove Negative Thinking: How to Instantly Harness Mindfulness and The Power of Positive Thinking
― Remove Negative Thinking: How to Instantly Harness Mindfulness and The Power of Positive Thinking
“They’re trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn’t bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn’t bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn’t even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn’t bear not to.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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