"My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life."

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Source : Elyn R. Saks (2007). “The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness”, p.425, Hachette UK

Elyn Saks

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“When I look back at high school, or college, or when I was getting married, it's the girlfriends I had then that give substance and joy to that point in my life.”

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“It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.”
“As long as I have my feet, I can dance; you know what Im saying?”
“My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential.”
“Jesus gives us hope because He keeps us company, has a vision and knows the way we should go.”
“To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.”
“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.”
“The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any nation, until they are presented in a national capacity.”

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