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“Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn't really.”
― Determination
― Determination
“One of the challenges with pain—physical or psychic—is that we can really only approach it through metaphor. It can’t be represented the way a table or a body can. In some ways pain is the opposite of language.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Enlightenment humanism, then, is far from being a crowd-pleaser. The idea that the ultimate good is to use knowledge to enhance human welfare leaves people cold. Deep explanations of the universe, the planet, life, the brain? Unless they use magic, we don't want to believe them! Saving the lives of billions, eradicating disease, feeding the hungry? Bo-ring. People extending their compassion to all of humankind? Not good enough—we want the laws of physics to care about us! Longevity, health, understanding, beauty, freedom, love? There's got to be more to life than that!”
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
― Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
“If I only could explain
How much I miss
that precious moment
when I was free
from the shackles of chronic pain.”
―
How much I miss
that precious moment
when I was free
from the shackles of chronic pain.”
―
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