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“No other country but America has ever shown this type of legacy. And it is one the American public should admire and honor. It prevented greater human catastrophe, demonstrating how to deal with conflicts and disaster going forward. When Cold War fighting engulfed one country after another in Southeast Asia, further violence was averted not by bombs and bullets, as has been so common in past policy, but by aid, relief, and compassionate rescue.”
― Mae Bunseng Taing, Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide

“HSPs can be instantly aware, whether they wish to be or not, of the mood, the friendships and enmities, the freshness or staleness of the air, the personality of the one who arranged the flowers.”
― Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

“Because people without the trait (the majority) do not understand that, they see us as timid, shy, weak, or that greatest sin of all, unsociable. Fearing these labels, we try to be like others. But that leads to our becoming overaroused and distressed. Then that gets us labeled neurotic or crazy, first by others and then by ourselves.”
― Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

“When you stop making yourself wrong for how you’re feeling, you’ll immediately feel better.”
― Mel Robbins, The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit