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“Suicide is such an epidemic in the USA that they now have their own emergency phone number: 988.”

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“How do you know?" Red repeated each word slowly, enunciating every consonant. "If the CDC brewed up something in their lab and it accidentally was let loose in the world, do you think they would tell you?”

Secret Plague Epidemic Epidemiology Cdc Cough

Book:The Girl in Red

Source: The Girl in Red

“We've been working out of our tin can for half a decade. Nobody suggests moving into a brick-and-mortar office; nobody wants to peer through glass windows, in a building with a foundation, and admit that the insomnia emergency is now a permanent condition.”

Denial Epidemic

Book:Sleep Donation

Source: Sleep Donation

“Changing the form of one's mission's almost as difficult as changing the shape of one's nose: there they are, each, in the middle of one's face and one's character--one has to begin too far back.”

Noses Changing Your Mindset Human Characteristics

Book:The Portrait of a Lady

Source: The Portrait of a Lady

“Neurons are the birthplace of God.”

God Faith Spirituality Belief Consciousness Atheist Believer Agnostic Neurotheology Psychology Of Religion

Book:Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

Source: Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“One of the most remarkable of man's characteristics is his capacity for becoming used to conditions of almost any kind, whether good or bad, both in the self and in the environment, and once he has become used to such conditions they seem to him both right and natural. This capacity is a boon when it enables him to adapt himself to conditions which are desirable, but it may prove a great danger when the conditions are undesirable. When his sensory appreciation is untrustworthy, it is possible for him to become so familiar with seriously harmful conditions of misuse of himself that these malconditions will feel right and comfortable.”

Danger Adaptability Human Characteristics

Author:Frederick Matthias Alexander

“History books teach us that human behavior is unpredictable, strange, and enigmatic; people are magnanimous and cruel, peaceful and warlike.”

History Peaceful Human Nature Quotes Human Character Human Characteristics Warlike

Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Während eine Prägung bei einem Tier dauerhaft und unveränderlich ins Verhaltensrepertoire aufgenommen wird und wie angeboren wirkt, zeichnet sich der Mensch dadurch aus, Grenzen (auch Mauern!) zu überwinden. Das zeigt seine Evolution, wie der Kulturgeograf Werner Bätzing in seinem Buch "Homo destructor" nachzeichnet. Der Mensch kann von sich selbst abstrahieren und andere Perspektiven einnehmen, letztlich andere Wege beschreiten. Dass dies nicht immer glücklich ist, oftmals katastrophale Folgen hat, ist ein anderes Thema.”

Mothers And Daughters Knowledge Of Self Searching And Finding Human Characteristics Divided Nation

Book:Ost*West*frau*: Wie wir wurden, wer wir sind

Source: Ost*West*frau*: Wie wir wurden, wer wir sind

“By this time, everyone understood that [President] Hayes would adopt a new Southern policy. "As matters look to me now," wrote the chariman of Kansas' Republican state committee on February 22 [1877], "I think the policy of the new administration will be to conciliate the white men of the South. Carpetbaggers to the rear, and niggers take care of yourselves." (p.581)”

President Reconstruction Republicanism Carpetbaggers

Book:Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877

Source: Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877

“None of us belongs only to ourselves. We don’t always get to decide who we are.”

Identity Group Identity

Book:Every Bone a Prayer

Source: Every Bone a Prayer

“group identity essentially means rules, and therefore security. Every group is concerned with regulating jouissance”

Book:Love in a Time of Loneliness

Source: Love in a Time of Loneliness