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“[Depression is] like combating the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with a handful of popcorn. But that handful of popcorn keeps you going. There is no sense in going on, there is no sense in any of those things, but thank God one does not live by reason alone.”
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“Let me tell you something: you can not write good fiction about ideas. You can only write good fiction about people.”
― Sturgeon is Alive and Well
― Sturgeon is Alive and Well
“They give you a colouring book and some crayons, and tell you, be creative...but don't go outside the lines.”
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“I have a cold mind and a warm heart, whereas most people have cold, troubled hearts and warm, muggy minds, which they mistake for sincere feelings.”
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“It is not things that trouble us,” as Epictetus said, “but our judgment about things,”
― The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
― The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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