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“It is when we find points of connection to the foreign that we are able to grow.”
― Alain de Botton, Art as Therapy

“is mermaid magic better? is this common public knowledge? OR is it just easier to look at yourself in the mirror if you are not human. does that make it easer to pretend you don't have depression; because depression is exclusively human. if so...shoot...maybe i am a mermaid too. if being a mermaid means you've cried enough tears to drown your grasp of reality. [...] then yes, i think i am definitely a mermaid. & every song i've ever sung has filled my lungs with sea, but i am not drowning - not like i thought i was, when i was human.”
― Sabrina Benaim, Depression & Other Magic Tricks

“Art can do the opposite of glamourizing the unattainable; it can reawaken us to the genuine merit of life as we’re forced to lead it.”
― Alain de Botton, Art as Therapy

“We elicit from the world what we project into the world; but what you project is based upon what happened to you as a child.”
― Bruce D. Perry, What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing