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Capitalism and academic success have buried trauma.

— Stephanie Foo Interview with The Guardian (2022)

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It takes an intellectual and physical effort to shove aside the comfortably worn neural pathways and go in a different direction.

What My Bones Know (2022)

Every villain's redemption arc begins with their origin story. (prologue)

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Being healed isn’t about feeling nothing. Being healed is about feeling the appropriate emotions at the appropriate times and still being able to come back to yourself. That’s just life.

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The important thing in healing is being able to hold the nuance of it.

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PTSD is an adaptation, a mechanism our genius bodies evolved to help us survive. (Chapter 43)

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

Martin Buber Between Man and Man (1965)

The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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