I could have lived like that. For a long time. People do it. Like a piece of cardboard, walking around tall and flat in the world, without nerve endings, sinews stiff enough to keep any weakness they’re holding safely twined up. It keeps the good things from getting in, too. But you barely register emptiness when you only have two dimensions. People do it, keep their constriction mostly intact; except for the moments when they don't. . Mac McClelland
Killers aren't always assassins. Sometimes, they don't even have blood on their hands.
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Ruta Sepetys
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are...
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Fred Rogers
We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must...
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Camille Paglia
Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.
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Stefan Molyneux
If you spend time with crazy and dangerous people, remember — their personalities are socially transmitted diseases; like water poured into a container, most of us eventually turn into — or remain — whoever we surround ourselves with. We can choose our tribe, but we...
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Stefan Molyneux
More Quotes By Mac McClelland
A lot of people don’t heal, and it manifests in a lot of different ways throughout their lives, ” she said once. “Because when trauma doesn’t get to work itself through your system, your system idles at a heightened state, and so getting more really...
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