"Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister insisted once, when she was in severe pain after injuring her ankle, 'This isn't me! This is not who I am!"

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Source : Mira Bartok (2011). “The Memory Palace: A Memoir”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

Mira Bartok

#Pain Quotes #Children Quotes #Who I Am Quotes

“I only get the points because I have team-mates who do the work and put me in the position to get them.”
“We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.”
“The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand”

Source : Cesare Lombroso (2017). “The Man of Genius”, p.228, Litres
“Prayer may be elevating if combined with work, and they who labor with head, hands or feet have faith and are generally quite sure of an immediate and favorable reply.”
“I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.”
“The people have said yes to change and reform. The majority of the Palestinians have said yes to the slogan, 'Islam is the solution.' The people also voted in favor of our policy of resistance and against the occupation. Our policy is designed to defend Jerusalem, achieve the right of return for all refugees and the release of our prisoners.”
“With the disintegration of all that [Nietzsche] had revered, existence, to him, had become a desert in which only one thing remained, namely that which had relentlessly forced him into this path: truthfulness that knows no limits and is not subject to any condition.”
“As artists get wealthier and more famous, often their work gets worse... I'm fascinated by the decline of artists. I suspect I'll be in decline myself. It's a fact of life.”

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