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“To be alone with myself in the space of silence is horrifying, for I know with the utmost certainty that in that space I will hear the very things that I constantly use the clamor to drown out. And...”
“Have you ever been lying in bed, darkness all around, when suddenly there's an odd sound? You know you weren't dreaming; you know you heard it for sure and you know it's not commonplace. You know i...”
“How do I validate him in the face of such profound personal loss and the outrageous denial by the medical community?”
“Like Pascal, Nietzsche, and Simone Weil, Kierkegaard is one of those writers whom it is very difficult to estimate justly. When one reads them for the first time, one is bowled over by their origin...”
“It looks like freedom but it feels like death, it's something in between I guess. It's closing time.”
“She had been expecting me and was ready. She gave a long slow soundless headshake, merciful only in being inarticulate. This mercy didn't prevent its hurling at me the largest finest coldest 'Never...”
“His hands come down on my face. There are a lot of things I want to do to you, Ella, but I promise you, killing you isnt one of them. His mouth slants over mine, his tongue delving deep, and I want...”
“Denial is a very effective human trick. People often tell how a situation was "unbearable," though, clearly, they have borne it. Lived to tell, so to speak.”
“(Sometimes it seems that haters are just fans who are in denial.)”
“Oftentimes what we do to minimize a problem maximizes it! Embrace truth helps us to let go!”
“While Id like to believe in the possibility of a love that doesnt involve denial, I havent seen an example yet.”
“She had denied herself the pleasure of openly sharing life with the person she loved.”
“Okay, well...how's that water feeling, then?' 'Excuse me?' 'The Nile warm this time of the year?”
“In 2006, there is no army of recovered memory therapists, and Dr McNallys assumptions about patients with PTSD and those working in this field are troubling. Owing to past debates, those working in...”
“It's important to avoid mirrors if one is unprepared to accept their daily news, and I think, in something as insignificantly devastating as appearance, denial is more socially constructive than de...”
“Why do we procrastinate leaving? The denial phase is a humbling one. It takes a while to come to terms with our miserable luck. Rowley puts it this way: 'Fires only happen to other people.' We have...”
“Yolanda Gampel utilizes an expanded concept of the "uncanny" to outline the results of violence: Those who experience such traumas are faced with an unbelievable and unreal reality that is incompat...”
“Not everything needed to be processed. Some things needed to be ignored and slept on.”
“Denial has rented a room in my head and frequently stomps around slamming doors.”
“Denial couldn't be maintained.”
