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1 " My son, I don’t believe in God, prayer, afterlife or miracles. You may disagree with me on all of these. I’d prefer that you agree and reserve rebellion and independence over important issues instead. "
― Brian Spellman , If the mind fits, shrink it
2 " If you see me standing on my head, I'm trying to cheer you up with my frown. I need my honesty, you my pleasantry. "
3 " Fifty percent of life is ninety percent indecisive. The rest is confusing. "
4 " Where have you been all of your life? "
5 " Kindness knows no kind. "
6 " If you want to commit suicide why tell anyone? They'd ruin everything. "
7 " Months after my wrists ripping, a talk therapist referred to the act as self-hatred. Until then nobody had said this to me. Did everyone presume that I already knew so? People say it all the time. It’s safer to draw this conclusion. Throw in cowardice and you have an insulated public. I was not enraged at all. I was panic stricken. How could I hate myself for wanting to stop such physical sickness and terror? Mine was an act of caretaking, compassion, love. You cannot share this insight with therapists because they think such encourages recurrence. Have you ever stopped diarrhea with a prayer? If you have to go, you go. If you have to die, you die. "
8 " Babies are never suicidal. Hard lives, not hard boiled eggs do that. "
9 " There's an ad for every vice. That's advice. "
10 " The brain is unreliable. It relies on lies. "
11 " It's not how I take tragic news but how I make tragic views that unscrews me. "
12 " Dreams don't come true, they are true. "
13 " A broken shoelace can strangle me. "
14 " It's no longer time to take sides for or against race, rather sides against those who still do. "
15 " To Americans, either/or means both. "
16 " A good night's sleep counts healthy sheep. "
17 " Feed a squirrel and he'll leave you alone every day. "
18 " I dreamed of being special then awoke to be unique. "
19 " A woman drove me to drink. I don't drink and drive. "
20 " I think I think too much too. "