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Joanne Greenberg was an American author known for her unique literary style and profound psychological insights. Her works often explore themes such as personal identity, mental illness, and religious faith.

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All Ifs Lasts Mental Health Reality World Bitterness Brain Crazy Gone Half I'm Sorry My Own Nuts Prose Said Sorry Striking Suicide Young Accepted

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“What good is your reality, when justice fails and dishonesty is glossed over and the ones who keep faith suffer .... What good is your reality then?" " .... I never promised you a rose garden. I never promised you perfect justice .... and I never promised you peace or happiness .... The only reality I offer is challenge, and being well is being free to accept it or not at whatever level you are capable. I never promise lies, and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie...and a bore, too!”

Philosophy Reality Hope Psychology Mental Health

Author:Joanne Greenberg

“The woman was sane; she accepted the heavy penalties of reality and enjoyed its gifts also.”

Reality Heavy Accepted Enjoyed Sane Penalties

Book:I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel

Source: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel

“...to experience the reality was to suffer a boredom as endless as the illness itself...the boredom of insanity was a great desert, so great that anyone's violence or agony seemed an oasis, and the brief companionship seemed like a rain in the desert that was numbered and counted and remembered long after it was gone.”

Long Reality Suffering Gone Violence Rain Illness Endless Desert Remembered Insanity Boredom Agony Companionship Oasis

Author:Joanne Greenberg

About the Author

Born: September 24, 1932
Died: 1996
Known for: Author
Quotes: 35

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