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"As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies."
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"I'm Bipolar with PTSD there's no shortage of pain inside of me."
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"The demons are not easily dispatched, instead attaching themselves to otherwise beautiful things, a favorite food or a love note left for you, to see how you react when they rear up."
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"A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man."
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"The houses have been condemned on Memory LaneI'm tired of this struggle that leaves everything the sameI've tried so hard to make it workthat I'm dying insideWell, you can take my pastBut you can't have my tomorrowPromises that remain promises are useless and they're cheapI wish I could put a price on words so I could make them keepI put so much faith in youI lost all my faith in meWell, you can take my pastBut you can't have my tomorrowI'm giving up on giving upI can't leave it all to prayer'Cause the first step in getting betteris knowing what's not thereYou said you'd make it betterand that just makes it worseWell, you can take my pastBut you can't have my tomorrowYes, I want my life to lastSo you can't have my tomorrowNo, you can't have my tomorrow."
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"Something they seem to omit to mention in Boston AA when you're new and out of your skull with desperation and ready to eliminate your map and they tell you how it'll all get better and better as you abstain and recover: they somehow omit to mention that the way it gets better and you get better is through pain. Not around pain, or in spite of it."
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"The only pride of her workday was not that it had been lived, but that it had been survived. It was wrong, she thought, it was viciously wrong that one should ever be forced to say that about any hour of one's life."
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"The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go."
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"What am I doing? Tearing myself. My usual occupation at most times."
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"To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio."
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"There isn't no call to go talking of pushing and pulling. Boats are quite tricky enough for those that sit still without looking for further for the cause of trouble."
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"When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world I thank God I am alive."
Gratitude

"You have first an instinct then an opinion then a knowledge as the plant has root bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end though you can render no reason."
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"With the past I have nothing to do nor with the future. I live now."
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"Infancy is the perpetual Messiah, which comes into the arms of fallen men, and pleads with them to return to paradise."
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"A woman's strength is the irresistible might of weakness."
Gender

"As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey."
Health

"As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect."
Morality

"Proportion is almost impossible to human beings. There is no one who does not exaggerate."
Morality

"Things refuse to be mismanaged for long."
Order

"The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise."
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