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“Beautiful eyes,” he remarked, “but no life inside of them.”

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“Eat when it is time to eat. And move along when it is time to move along.”

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I am not finished

Coming back to life.

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Don’t be fooled by pain. It comes, but it goes away.

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The miracle is not that I would speak, but that you would listen.

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“I do not believe that things will turn out well; but the idea that they might — that is of vital importance.”

— Theodor Adorno

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Slow down. You’re doing fine

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You did what you had to do to survive.

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How lucky am I to have to stay?

[toiich]

Louise Glück, from October

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The suffering, too, will become a lifetime ago.

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You cannot outrun pain.

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There are people who stay and there are people who leave.

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“You must write, and read, as if your life depends on it.”

— Adrienne Rich

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There is beauty in the fight.

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Let the books save you.

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I suffer to live, and live to suffer.