“Sometimes when you're hurting, it helps to throw yourself at something that will take your weight.”
― Circling the Sun
― Circling the Sun
“That’s another thing that people don’t understand about depression: we don’t want to take a shower, we don’t know why we feel this way, and even if we did, it wouldn’t make us stop feeling this way. We have lost all interest in doing anything, especially anything that once brought us joy—because that thing will not bring us joy, and we can’t bear the meaning of that. It would be too much. It would crush us.”
― The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live
― The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live
“There are things we find only at our lowest depths. The idea of wings and then wings themselves. An ocean worth crossing one dark mile at a time. The whole of the sky.”
― Circling the Sun
― Circling the Sun
“You become what you digest into your spirit. Whatever you think about, focus on, read about, talk about, you’re going to attract more of into your life. Make sure they're all positive.”
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