Allenmusk

“We all think we’re retaliating,” I say. “That’s the nature of conflict. We all think our actions are justified by someone else’s actions. But actually, we’re responsible for what we do.”
― Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries

“They both knew when it was appropriate to eat and how to give a compliment, and spent a lot of time saying hello and goodbye.”
― Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries

“A stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. How awful we all are when we look at ourselves under a light, finally seeing our reflections. How little we know about ourselves. How much forgiveness it must take to love a person, to choose not to see their flaws, or to see those flaws and love the person anyway. If you never forgive you’ll always be alone.”
― Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries

“We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.”
― Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries