"Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life."

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Lucy Grealy

#Self Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.”
“Usually the hard stuff youâ€™re forced to do makes you learn a lot.”
“I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.”
“Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy.”

Source : "Should Governments Make Happiness A Priority?". Interview with Alison St. John, www.kpbs.org. April 26, 2011.
“He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months?”
“Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those processes.”
“My inclination during sex always is to use sex toys. That's not something men are often used to.”
“I can't go against my nature because I am what I am. I don't try to be anyone different to who I am.”

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