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101 " You are not the first and you will not be the last, "
― Neal Shusterman , Challenger Deep
102 " We do, you know. Find ourselves. Although it’s a little harder each time. Days pass. Weeks. Then we squeeze ourselves back into the skin of who we were before all this. We put the pieces back together and get on with things. "
103 " Our hope is that Challenger Deep will comfort those who have been there, letting them know that they are not alone. We also hope that it will help others to empathize, and to understand what it’s like to sail the dark, unpredictable waters of mental illness. "
104 " Man is often lost in a technological, physiological, astrological lack of logical existence that can best be described as a whole lot of nothing lightly dashed with an obvious hint of Scotch,” Hal says. "
105 " Somewhere in the secret recesses of Pfizer, or GlaxoSmithKline, or one of the big pharmaceutical companies, I imagine there's a high security dungeon where three hunchbacked witches stir a massive industrial cauldron of crap I don't want to know about, but I must ingest on a daily basis. And the generic versions aren't even brewed by real witches. "
106 " You’re asked this a lot. Or maybe you’re only asked it once, and the other times are just echoes. "
107 " When the truth hurts, we always hate the messenger "
108 " A place you will visit again and again. A gateway to all the places you don’t want to be. "
109 " He looks very authoritative—even more so now in his uniform of brass buttons and blue wool—but authority and reason are two different things. "
110 " Count your blessings,” the captain says. “And if you count less than ten, cut off the remaining fingers. "
111 " There’s this thing in my head that I have to purge onto the page before it changes the shape of my brain. "
112 " That is to say, I’m among them, but I don’t feel with them. "
113 " You were not given permission to have talent,” the captain tells me. "
114 " If you’re so immature that you’re afraid of being labeled by morons, then check out and we’ll find another artist. "
115 " Ils rient et parlent de choses auxquelles je ne comprends rien et je reste figé au milieu. Ils m'admirent, mais seulement comme on admire une chose dont on sait qu'elle est sur le point de disparaître. "
116 " Noncommittal is rampant among the committed. "
117 " I wish I knew where he was today, so I could tell him I understand how it was. And how easy it is to suddenly find yourself alone in the playground. "
118 " «Загляни в бездну, и она заглянет в тебя» [8], – произносит птица. – Будем надеяться, что бездна ничем не заинтересуется. "
119 " Раньше я боялся умереть. Теперь боюсь не пожить. Разница есть. Все мы непрерывно строим планы на будущее, но иногда это будущее так и не настает. "
120 " Забудьте о солнечных батареях – научиться бы добывать электричество из отказа признавать очевидное, и энергии хватит еще на много поколений. "