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“Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything....I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate things once unthinkable. The rationalizations escalate....It's only marijuana. He gets high only on weekends. At least he's not using hard drugs.”

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David Sheff

David Sheff is an American author recognized for his works on addiction and recovery. Born on December 23, 1955, he has written extensively on the subject of drug abuse, particularly focusing on the experiences of his son, Nic Sheff, who struggled with addiction. His books have received critical acclaim and have contributed significantly to the public discourse on addiction. more

“The accouterments of life were so rich and varied, so elaborated, that almost no place at all was left for life itself. Each and every accessory was so costly and beautiful that it had an existence above and beyond the purpose it was meant to serve – confusing the observer and absorbing attention.”

Beautiful Purpose Left Existence Attention Rich Confusing Observers Absorbing Accessories Above And Beyond

Author:Thomas Mann

“The books and magazines streamed in. He could buy them all, they piled up around him and even while he read, the number of those still to be read disturbed him. … they stood in rows, weighing down his life like a possession which he did not succeed in subordinating to his personality.”

Stills Book Numbers Personality Succeed Possession Magazines Disturbed Weighing

Author:Thomas Mann

“He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it!”

Forever Too Much Impossible Logic Trade Intention Tricks Surprising Possessed Good Intentions Conceiving

Book:La Fanfarlo

Source: La Fanfarlo

“It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely.”

Mean Made Able Beautiful Faces Natural Despair Noble

Book:La Fanfarlo

Source: La Fanfarlo

“For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?”

Thinking Men Use Stars Talking Disease

Book:Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht

Source: Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht

“People who understand everything get no stories.”

People Stories

Book:Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht

Source: Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht

“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.”

Humans Has Beens Remember Left Race Mankind Kissing Abuse Wounds Human Race Scar Endearment

Book:Brecht Collected Plays: 4: Round Heads & Pointed Heads; Fear & Misery of the Third Reich; Senora Carrar's Rifles; Trial of Lucullus; Dansen; How Much Is Your Iron?

Source: Brecht Collected Plays: 4: Round Heads & Pointed Heads; Fear & Misery of the Third Reich; Senora Carrar's Rifles; Trial of Lucullus; Dansen; How Much Is Your Iron?

“He told people that their sins were forgiven, and never waited to consult all the other people whom their sins had undoubtedly injured. He unhesitatingly behaved as if He was the party chiefly concerned, the person chiefly offended in all offenses. This makes sense only if He really was God whose laws are broken and whose love is wounded in every sin.”

People Ifs Persons Law Sin Love Is Party Broken Concerned Make Sense Wounded Offense Forgiven Offended Injured

Book:The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics

Source: The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics

“once a kittypet always a kittypet." -longtail”

Author:Erin Hunter

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