"It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour."

-- Gabor Mate

#Addiction Quotes #Drug Quotes #Relief Quotes

“Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored solutions jostle for my attention, they crowd its antechamber along with a host of diversions, my courtiers, wearing their colored clothes; caps and bells. And then once more the quiet mystery is present to me, the throng's clamor recedes: the mystery that there is anything, anything at all, let alone cosmos, joy, memory, everything, rather than void: and that, 0 Lord, Creator, Hallowed one, You still, hour by hour sustain it.”

Source : Denise Levertov (1997). “The Stream & the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes”, p.33, New Directions Publishing
“The people with the most fear have the greatest opportunity to be brave.”

Source : Francine Pascal (2003). “Sam (#2) and Escape (#26)”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
“And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature.”
“Consequences of acting in Donald Trump's usual egocentric, "I make the rules," way can be quite dangerous for all of us.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“The Law is supposed to keep us safe and strong and able to birth healthy children, yet the Law wants us to tear each other apart to find a leader. The Law's a bunch of hypocrisy.”
“You know in 1982, the year we came in tied for 3rd, we probably had a better team - I mean as far as talent. When we came back the following year and won it, our pitching staff was a little more experienced and it was such a thrill.”

Source : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. January 26, 2006.
“Because I have the scar, people are like, "Who did you play in the film?," and I tell them, "The girl with the scar," and then they're like, "Oh, yeah!" I think most people expect me to have the scar.”
“I know my players don't like my practices, but that's OK because I don't like their games.”

Source : "Q&A: New Coyotes Coach Rick Tocchet on a Young Franchise and Lessons From Pittsburgh" by Alex Prewitt, sports.yahoo.com. September 7, 2017.

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