I’ve been saying all night that something’s wrong with me. And something is wrong with me.
I won’t show myself any kindness. I won’t give myself any grace. Like, I just grind and attack myself relentlessly like it’s my job. I would love to stop.
I like to believe that my ways of being, like my thoughts, my habits, my emotions, my beliefs… I’d like to believe that they’re not defects.
I’d like to believe that alchemy of a personality… my spirit… it’s got to be enough.
Please. Let that be enough.
- Neal Brennan
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There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin-
This guy's walking down a street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep, he can't get out.
A doctor passes by, and the guy shouts up, "Hey you, can you help me out?" The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on.
Then a priest comes along, and the guy shouts up "Father, I'm down in this hole, can you help me out?" The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on.
Then a friend walks by. "Hey Joe, it's me, can you help me out?" And the friend jumps in the hole.
Our guy says, "Are you stupid? Now we're both down here." The friend says, "Yeah, but I've been down here before, and I know the way out."
- Leo McGarry, The West Wing-
“I think there are people that help you become the person that you end up being, and you can be grateful for them even if they were never meant to be in your life forever.”
- Diane Nguyen,
BoJack Horseman-
I could sleep for 14 hours, or I could sleep for 4 hours. Wouldn't make a difference, because it's not the kind of tired that sleep can fix.
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"Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn't make you stronger. It doesn't build character. It only hurts."
- Kate Jacobs-
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
- Tom Bodett
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“If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.”
- C.S. Lewis-
If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.
- Fred Rogers-
If you realised how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.
- Peace Pilgrim-