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"I snicker, but the idea is momentarily appealing. Part of me is scared of leaving school. Part of me wants to go desperately. Tension of opposites."
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"No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted. I fit a window frame into a brick wall. With a little brush, the size for fingernail polish, I glue it. The window is the size of a fingernail. The glue smells like hair spray. The smell tastes like oranges and gasoline."

"We have to know ourselves to know where we end and another person begins, and we have to develop the skills to navigate the space between us. Or else we will seek wholeness through false means that honor neither us nor those we love."

"In a way, being an addict is very proactive. A good addiction takes the guesswork out of death. There is such a thing as planning your getaway."

"We live with the key purpose of receiving the approval of those around us because we don't know who we are in reality."

"Because of propaganda induced cognitive dissonance, most people hate themselves and don't even know it."

"Maybe you never considered yourself a bully, a batterer or an abuser before, but maybe you are - to yourself."

"Whatever you frequently introduce to your subconscious mind is what it will continuously feed your feelings and emotions with."

"When we hold-on to someone's imperfections we become emotionally pair-bonded to their maladies."

"The thought is just as strong as the consequence."

"Suicide is very contagious."
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"That was the end of his driving.. That was the end of his walking free.. That was the end of his privacy.. And that was the end of his secret."

"But I do know we're deficient in some way. We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted."

"She felt worthless and hollow. There was no hope of fixing this.And when hope is gone, time is punishment."

"I lifted my eyes, and, for the first time, admitted the truth."I gave up," I whispered."Don't give up," she whispered back."

"Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to."

"If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your heard even, you experience them fully and completely."
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