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the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath.
“To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.”
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“Addiction was the inverse of honest work. It was everything, right now. I drank away nervousness, and I drank away boredom, and I needed to build a new tolerance. Yes to discomfort, yes to frustration, yes to failure, because it meant I was getting stronger. I refused to be the person who only played games she could win.”
― Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
― Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
“You want some of this?” The dog now angled his backside close to Shalom’s nose. This was not going to end well. “Can you tell they feed me steak? Go on, have a whiff. I would share with you, meine kleine bitch.”
― Holy Cow
― Holy Cow
“These fundamental imbalances led them into concentric circles of ever decreasing size: a nautilus shell of their discontent.”
― Once a Runner
― Once a Runner
“Dogs are the broccaflower of the animal kingdom.”
― Holy Cow
― Holy Cow
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