"Your superhuman power was to be able not to feel. Is it there inside everybody, this self that comes out while you are in captivity? You become the closest approximation of yourself that can tolerate living there."

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Source : Heather O'Neill (2014). “Lullabies for Little Criminals”, p.139, Hachette UK

Heather O'Neill

#Numbness Quotes #Self Quotes #Able Quotes

“All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.”
“Routine is part of coping.”

Source : "Filmmaker on 'Seeking a Friend's' origins". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.cnn.com. June 23, 2012.
“self-esteem, n. An erroneous appraisal.”
“In my experience, fear comes from not knowing what to expect and not feeling you have any control over whatâ€™s about to happen. When you feel helpless, youâ€™re far more afraid than you would be if you knew the facts.”
“The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.”
“No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.”
“I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.”
“My life is perfect even when it's not.”

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