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"Dr. StupidParker says that when I'm sad it really means I'm angry and when I'm angry it really means I'm afraid."
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"I'm all alone, but I'm not lonely."

"Reflect your thoughts and watch others mirror them back to you."

"Feed your mind with thoughts that inspire, motivate, encourage, empower, educate and instruct you by deliberately choosing the information you allow into your world through sight, sound and people."

"Rather than whinge on how another has treated you, give a thought to what it is your upset with? Is It really them or is it yourself.. Did they cross a boundary or have you not set one? Did they communicate rudely or are you not listening intently. We so often blame, because it's easier than to confront our vulnerable selves. But the truth is, no one can make you feel inferior if you do not give them the power!"

"There seems to be a firewall in my mind against ideas expressed in numbers and graphs rather than words, or in abstract words such as Sin or Creativity. I just don't understand. And incomprehension is boredom."

"When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring."

"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."

"I am a creation of the establishment, I realise I'm not as strong as life itself, but I also realise death will suck me in. The eyes and fingers are pointing in my direction. For me, there is only one way " one road, one signpost; it reads, 'Hell'. It's a one-way ticket; there are no brakes on my vehicle, there is no way out, only one way in."

"We attract what we are. We attract who we are."

"Fear can make a moth seem the size of a bull elephant."
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"There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore."

"I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid."

"It doesn't matter where I go, I don't want to be there. And then I get to the next place, and I don't want to be there either."

"IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding."

"I looked in the mirror and realized that I was already dead. I let you kill me one piece at a time, starting when I was, what? Eight years old? Nine? You killed yourself and then you came after us."

"I won't take a real nap. I have this halfway place, a rest stop on the road to sleep, where I can stay for hours. I don't even need to close my eyes, just stay safe under the covers and breathe."
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