It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier's mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally. He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self...
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Kate Chopin
I existed in a world that never is , a prison of the mind.
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Gene Tierney
All mental unhappiness is the avoidance of legitimate suffering.
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Stefan Molyneux
Mind over matter represents the triumph of will over physical hindrance. Our thoughts are our weapon against the world.
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David Adam
Imagine how many suicide victims would still be with us, if only the right person said the right thing at the right time.
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Wayne Gerard Trotman
More Quotes By Sarah Waters
One time, two years ago, I took a draught of morphia, meaning to end my life. My mother found me before the life was ended, the doctor drew the poison from my stomach with a syringe, and when I woke, it was to the sound...
She scissored the curls away, and - toms, grow easily sentimental over their haircuts, but I remember this sensation very vividly - it was not like she was cutting hair, it was as if I had a pair of wings beneath my shoulder-blades, that the...
Why do gentlemen's voices carry so clearly, when women's are so easily stifled?
Marriages are like pianos. They go in and out of tune.
I felt that thread that had come between us, tugging, tugging at my heart–so hard, it hurt me.
