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I think all love is one-third projection and one-third acceptance and never more than one-third knowledge and insight.

— Andrew Solomon Far from the Tree (2012)

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People want to get better, but they don't want to change.

Far from the Tree (2012)

Any of us can be a better version of himself, but none of us can be someone else.

Far from the Tree (2012)

I wish the autistic child I have did not exist, and I had a different [nonautistic] child instead.

Far from the Tree (2012)

I started this book to forgive my parents and ended it by becoming a parent. Understanding backward liberated me to live forward.

Far from the Tree (2012)

Living with depression is like trying to keep your balance while you dance with a goat — it is perfectly sane to prefer a partner with a better sense of balance.

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (2001)

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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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