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“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“each opportunity for escape was undermined by his certainty that things were about to go back to normal, that this savage new reality could not hold.”
― Colson Whitehead, Zone One

“the prisons and madhouses have locked them up, so you think you’re the only one out there losing your mind when in fact there are many like you, trapped in this supposedly free world of work and sleep and endless fucking cakes.”
― Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

“Well, the first thing we do is take our brain out and put it in a drawer. Stick it somewhere and let it tantrum until it wears itself out. You may still hear the brain and all the shitty things it is saying to you, but it will be muffled, and just the fact that it is not in your head anymore will make things seem clearer. And then you just do it.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please