“the depth of the lows is the price you pay for the height of the highs.”
― This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
― This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
“Life is difficult because in order to progress we have to come to terms with the things we do not have.”
― Ministry of Moral Panic
― Ministry of Moral Panic
“Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girl—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if you’re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, that’s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriers—manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent.”
― My Own Words
― My Own Words
“It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
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“And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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