#hea

I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read. I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I took more - simple as that. Anyway, I eventually decided that the reason Dr. Stone had told me I was hypomanic was that he wanted to put me on medication instead of actually treating me. So I did the only rational thing I could do in the face of such as insult - I stopped talking to Stone, flew back to New York, and married Paul Simon a week later. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#alcoholism #bipolar #celebrities #celebrity #drinking

I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery #l-m-montgomery

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open. ↗

— B.K.S. Iyengar

#mental-health

Jesus was a man for simple people. He didn't make his messages incredibly complex. If you were a person that had the eyes to see and the ears to hear... then his message was easily understood. ↗

— Brandon Andress

#ears #eyes #hear #jesus #jesus-christ

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#distant #hear #other #ours #people

Don't neglect your heart, it needs attention too. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods

Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #effects #literature #literature-quotes #meaning

The assumption that being gay or black necessarily harms the self-worth of all who fit this category has a patronizing dimension, because it neglects consideration of the agency that persons exercise in respect of imposed identity. ↗

— Michael Kenny

#mental-health #sexual-identity #respect

Vlad made a sound too harsh to be a growl. "You won't be satisfied until you've brought me to my knees, is that it?" "Why not?" It shot out of me with all the recklessness of my still-broken heart. "You brought me to mine. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#vlad #broken-hearted-quotes

I wish I was a kid again, because skinned knees are easier to fix then broken hearts. ↗

— Anju

#broken-hearted-quotes