And for three weeks I was trapped in my own mind again. But this time, I had weapons. One of them, maybe the most important, was this knowledge: I have been ill before, then well again. Wellness is possible.
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 Matt Haig
This was the species whose main excuse for not doing something was 'if only I had more time'. Perfectly valid until you realised they did have more time. Not eternity, granted, but they had tomorrow. And the day after tomorrow. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>And the day...
This is the whole stupid thing about all these unblood relationships. They depend on people staying the same, standing in the same spot they were in over a decade ago, when they first met. Surely the reality is that connections between people aren't permanent, but...
I have been in love only once in my life. I suppose that makes me a romantic, in a sense. The idea that you have one true love, that no one else will compare after they have gone. It's a sweet idea, but the reality...
There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book.
There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself. I don't really see the difference. We find ourselves through the process of escaping.
