"We are a conspiracy of hope and we are pressing back against the strong tide of oppression which for centuries has been the legacy of those of us who are labelled with mental illness. We are refusing to reduce human beings to illnesses."

-- Patricia Deegan

#Inspirational Quotes #Strong Quotes #Tides Quotes

“You can spend your life looking over your shoulder or you can look ahead. I choose to look ahead”
“Give us a break! I've hardly done anything but independent films.”
“Men are apt to overvalue the tongues, and to think they have made considerable progress in learning when they have once overcome these; yet in reality there is no internal worth in them, and men may understand a thousand languages without being the wiser.”
“Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.”
“We are the people are parents warned us against.”
“Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are.”
“Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.”

Source : Song: Your Mind Is On Vacation
“It had never occurred to Giles that there was something perfectly sensible about wanting to hold onto innocence. He had always gone in for the idea that since we only pass this way once, experience counts for everything.”

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