"This behavior may...counteract feelings of'numbness'and depersonalization that aries duriing periods of extreme stress.-153 Girl,Interrupted"

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Susanna Kaysen

#Girl Quotes #Stress Quotes #Numbness Quotes

“Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?”
“Such reproductions may not interest the reader; but after all, this is my autobiography, not his; he is under no obligation to read further in it; he was under none to begin. A modest or inhibited autobiography is written without entertainment to the writer and read with distrust by the reader.”

Source : Neville Cardus (2012). “Autobiography”, p.56, Faber & Faber
“The so-called new morality is too often the old immorality condoned.”

Source : 1963 In the Observer,17 Jul.
“Matt Drudge's role in the Monica Lewinski scandal] strikes me as a new and graphic power of the Internet to influence mainstream journalism. And I suspect that over the next couple of years that impact will grow to the point where it will damage journalism's ability to do its job professionally, to check out information before publication, to be mindful of the necessity to publish and broadcast reliable, substantiated information.”
“In the scattered settlements of this Diocese, schools and Churches are of necessity for many years few in number, and multitudes of both sexes are growing up in great ignorance.”
“There is a god. Nothing as tragic and ridiculous as this world could have happened by random chance.”
“I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.”
“If we want to know what we're really committed to, all we have to do is look at our lives.”

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