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If I tell people, “Eat this and don’t eat that” or “Don’t smoke,” they immediately want to do the opposite. It’s just human nature, and it goes back to the very first dietary intervention that failed—“Don’t eat the apple”—and that was God
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“when we’re low, it can be easy to see everything through a prism of negativity. Human beings are remarkably bad at understanding other people’s motivations, even when they know them terribly well. We write all sorts of inaccurate stories in our heads.” Dr. Kovitz”
― Someone Else's Shoes
― Someone Else's Shoes
“Sometimes you can't really tell when you are happy until it is over and you are thinking about it later”
― Poison for Breakfast
― Poison for Breakfast
“Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine. “I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can.”
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“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.”
― The Little Engine That Could
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“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.”
― The Little Engine That Could
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.”
― Once Upon a River
― Once Upon a River
“Dear reader, you have to understand the point of all these stories. What they add up to. Schererazade was trying to make the king human again. She made him love life by showing him all of it, the funny parts about poop, the dangerous parts with demons, even the boring parts about what makes marriages last.
Little by little, he began to feel the joy and sadness of others.
He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
Little by little, he began to feel the joy and sadness of others.
He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
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