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Nothing is indifferent, nothing is powerless in the universe; an atom might destroy everything, an atom might save everything! — Gerard De Nerval

It was the feet they'd do, for a first offense. They used steel cables, frayed at the ends. After — Margaret Atwood

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces. — Elyn R. Saks

In my experience, the words "now just calm down" almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to. — Elyn R. Saks

The humanity we all share is more important than the mental illnesses we may not — Elyn R. Saks

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust. — Elyn Saks

Some truths that were too difficult and frightening to know. — Elyn R. Saks

You can't put too much spin on a miracle. — Mark Twain

Cursed be the weapon that tastes the blood of a friend. — Lynn Flewelling

I love to see folks use reason if they have got any ... — Marietta Holley

Some people still hold [the] view that restraints help psychiatric patients feel safe. I've never met a psychiatric patient who agreed. — Elyn Saks

My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life. — Elyn R. Saks

Everyone becomes psychotic in his or her own ways. — Elyn Saks

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible. — Stephen King

My mind has been both my best friend and my worst enemy. — Elyn Saks

You don't become a real sailor until you sail in a storm. — Joan Bauer

Please hear this: There are not 'schizophrenics.' There are people with schizophrenia. — Elyn Saks

All my life, books had been the life raft, the safe haven, the place I ran to when nothing else worked. — Elyn R. Saks

'Shadow Hero' was my first superhero story. I don't know why it took so long. — Gene Luen Yang

A man may write himself out of reputation when nobody else can do it. — Thomas Paine

Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness. — Elyn Saks

There is no one that we can afford to throw away. — Ben Carson

We need to practice for 10000 hours — Sunday Adelaja

I don't know how it is, but the Germans are amazed at me and I am amazed at them for finding anything to be amazed about. — Frederic Chopin

The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare. — Elyn Saks

I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket. — Nat Faxon