"The concept of recovery is rooted in the simple yet profound realization that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings."

-- Patricia Deegan

#Inspirational Quotes #Recovery Quotes #Simple Quotes

“In my family, my fat family, none of us ever say the word 'fat.' 'Fat' is the word you hear shouted on the playground or in the street - it's never allowed over the threshold of the house. My mum won't have that filth in her house. At home together, we are safe. ... There will be no harm to our feelings here because we never acknowledge fat exists. We never refer to our size. We are the elephants in the room.”
“Art is the Mirror of our betrayed ideals.”
“I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much.”
“In the largest scheme of things, just as no one has the right to tell us our true value, no one has the right to tell us what we truly owe.”

Source : David Graeber (2014). “Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years”, p.505, Melville House
“I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical.”
“Quick as a hummingbird...she darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly dipping into the flowers of my heart.”
“Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign "Jackie Collins" and they go away quite content.”
“I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went through.”

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