“My mental illness is no longer the problem for me. It’s how other people view me that’s the difficulty. Without knowing it, or even meaning to, I get a feeling that somehow I’m of less value than they are, that my illness is my fault, or that I cannot be trusted, which is what really causes me pain and embarrassment.”
– SANE Australia: A Life without Stigma
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.”
– Graham Greene, Ways Of Escape
Wouldn’t it be nice if our wounds were healed with gold…
“I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”
– Jim Rohn
“All that you desired, when you were a child was to be old.
Now that you are here, suddenly you fear you’ve lost control…”
– Bastille, Weight Of Living, Pt. II
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.”
– Gloria Naylor
“I know you and I are not about poems or other sentimental bullshit but I have to tell you even the way you drink your coffee knocks me the fuck out.”
– Clementine von Radics
“Be like the flower who even gives its fragrance to the hand that crushes it.”
— Imam Ali
Nullity 