"The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself."

-- Kate Millett

#Character Quotes #Odds Quotes #Medicine Quotes

“The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.”
“You must earn what you have. Life does not give you anything. You must give in order to get. You must stand up to the very thing that challenges you, look it in the face, get clear about your intention, order your thoughts and your life, and proceed without fear or hesitation. Life is not unfair. Along the way, you will always find bits of information and support to guide you to purpose.”
“Meat is necessary when there is hard physical work to be done, or in a very cold climate, or when edible plants cannot be found...Animal flesh provides all the substances we need, both for the intensive working of our organism and for maintaining a normal temperature in cold climates.”
“[Stephanie Plum]Jeez. No True Love" [Grandma Mazur] There's always been true love, but in my day, you either talked yourself into thinking you had it, or you talked yourself into thinking you didn't need it.”
“In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.”
“I can't root for Jimmie Johnson to win the Nextel Cup b/c of all of his Super Bowl wins.”
“Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.”
“This is the planet teeming, this place weâ€™ve come to and will leave tomorrow, deepened for the long return but not the wedded reach, the losing touch of self to self, contented more or less and known not nearly well enough.”

Source : Christopher Cokinos (2013). “Bodies, of the Holocene”, p.16, Truman State University Press

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