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1 " If someone lies to you habitually, you can't ever trust them. It erodes relationships. "
― Gilly Macmillan , What She Knew (Jim Clemo #1)
2 " In the eyes of others, we're often not who we imagine ourselves to be. "
3 " In the eyes of others, we’re often not who we imagine ourselves to be. "
4 " But here's the thing; none of us deserve anything. That's an illusion we all exist under "
5 " This is what a total breakdown must be, I though. You find yourself standing somewhere you should't be, doing something so out of character that you wonder if you've become someone else entirely. You've lost the plot, taken a wrong turning, jumped into a train whose destination is total lunacy "
6 " Trust is like that. Once you lose it, you begin to adjust your attitudes toward people, you put up guards, and filter the information you want them to know. "
7 " Seize the day - be brave - be independent - be thoughtful - don't be scared to make mistakes - keep learning - all those things, all the time "
8 " None of us deserve anything. That's an illusion we all exist under. "
9 " I marveled at how the mundane activities that life demanded still needed to be done, even while the worst was happening. "
10 " Really, I’ve never understood why we haven’t thought of an English word for Schadenfreude. "
11 " simply have been grateful for what I had. I should have celebrated my life as it was, imperfections, sadness, and all, and not forensically examined its faults. Those faults were largely in the eyes of a critical and sharp-edged society anyhow, and I had learned to recognize them by osmosis, by following the herd. "
12 " I miss her every day. I miss the months we haven’t had together and I miss the future I thought we were going to have, because without her it feels pointless, it feels, just, totally flat. Fuck! This "
13 " I wish now that I'd valued more the words that tumbled freely out of him before he was taken. I wish I'd collected them and kept them safely in packages that I wrapped up carefully, secured with a ribbon, and stored in a safe place for the future. I wish I hadn't been too distracted to listen to every word he said. "
14 " life. I’ve thought about this a lot since my son, Ben, went missing, and every time I think about it, it also begs the question: if we’re not who we imagine we are, then is anybody else? If there’s so much potential for others to judge us wrongly, then how can we be sure that our assessment of them in any way resembles the real person that "
15 " There are some events and uncertainties that you take to the grave, and they threaten to tumble you every single step of the way. If "
16 " If you talk too openly about terrible things people shrink from you. "
17 " If we're not who we imagine we are, then is anybody else? If there's so much potential for others to judge us wrongly, then how can we be sure that our assessment of them in any way resembles the real person that lies underneath? "
18 " I should have celebrated my life as it was, imperfections, sadness and all, and not forensically examined its faults. Those faults were largely in the eyes of a critical and sharp-edged society anyhow, and I had learned to recognize them by osmosis, by following the herd. I had not yet learned to use my intelligence, or to trust in my instincts. I see more clearly now, and I shall never make that mistake again. "
19 " The news is a 24/7 monster. it devours all information and we feed it with our opinions, so we can't be shy of expressing ourselves even is we don't like the language other people use. It's called free speech "
20 " Faced with a decision about what to tell her, and how to tell her, I bottled. Trust is like that. Once you lose it, you begin to adjust your attitudes toward people, you put up guards, and filter the information you want them to know. I "
