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“The process of recovering from addictiveness happens at a deeper level of consciousness and through feeling our pain without using old addictive fixes. There is no escaping that getting in touch wi...”
“In the grief that comes with recognizing what happened to us, we often feel there is nowhere to turn for solaceWe do things to keep it away, such as becoming overly busy or using drugs or alcohol t...”
“I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the”
“To stay true to ourselves and remain kind to others is an art. It does require daily vigilance and, at the same time, its important to remember that art can often get messy.”
“This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers itch toward the binding, and finally, with a sigh of regret, I just grab the book and o...”
“The book can produce an addiction as fierce as heroin or nicotine, forcing us to spend much of our lives, like junkies, in book shops and libraries, those literary counterparts to the opium den.”
“What every man should desire is an ugly woman with a beautiful heart, not a beautiful woman with an ugly heart.”
“Just because you feel lost doesn't mean that you're doing something wrong. Feeling certain that you are correct in every decision and situation is an addiction. If you think that the journey of sel...”
“Seeking for salvation within covers with pages of printed letters”
“The first 10 days of a cattle drive were the most critical, as a stampede was most likely when the cattle were closest to their habitual home.”
“I deleted your number. Although I know the tired digits by heart, scout's honor, pinky promise.I am trying to talk myself out of every emotion I'm having, and of course, it is failing to a fault.I'...”
“Out of all the addictions in the world, Attention is slowly but surely becoming one of the most dangerous.”
“Resentment is like a drug. Once you pick it up, it will only get worse and worse until you surrender and do the work to let it go.”
“The more we have, the more we realize can be taken from us, and thats when our lives border on insanity. We live in fear of losing what we think we possess. Once we let go and let God, then we gain...”
“There's so much I should say, so many things I should tell him, but in the end I tell him nothing.I cut a line and my losses, and I light a cigarette.”
“You give the shirt off your back, no questions asked, and you stand alone at the cavernous mouth of your suburban closetyour entire life spent wonderingwhere your clothes went.”
“So much of the theatrical can leave you with a yearning for the real. The real is suddenly and starkly there right at the citys edge and extends for thousands of square miles of desert and mountain...”
“But I came to see that Las Vegas is not a freak but is, instead, deeply integrated with the rest of the country, and the world beyond. It is symptom, mirror, metaphor.”
“Teen "addiction" to social media is a new extension of typical human engagement. Their use of social media as their primary site of sociality is most often a byproduct of cultural dynamics that hav...”
“Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal.”
