Buttressing Medical Quotes & Sayings

Tempting as it may be to draw one conclusion or another from my story and universalize it to apply to another's experience, it is not my intention for my book to be seen as some sort of cookie-cutter approach and explanation of mental illness, It is not ab advocacy of any particular form of therapy over another. Nor is it meant to take sides in the legitimate and necessary debate within the mental health profession if which treatments are most effective for this or any other mental illness.
What it is, I hope, is a way for readers to get a true feel for what it's like to be in the grips of mental illness and what it's like to strive for recovery. — Rachel Reiland

Laugh until you cry;
never let your eyes look dry
This is not a matter of joke;
this is all to provoke
our sense of humour
Life is its own consumer! — Munia Khan

Listen carefully, Lucas Steele, because I will only say this once. I am NOT your mate, I will never be your mate, and if you ever put your hands on me again I will cut them off along with other body parts you might want to use one day. Got it? Jacque told him with as much force as she could put behind her words. — Quinn Loftis

I wish one half the world were not fools, and the other half idiots. — Fanny Fern

Most Americans don't understand Canadian political parties. Neither do most Canadians — Eric Nicol

This thing that's always been inside and hidden deep is getting bigger and stronger and threatening to show itself, and I want to stop it but I also don't, and I don't know if I'm ready, but I think maybe I want what's inside turned outside, maybe I want everything out in the open, all my secrets laid out for everyone to see. I wonder what that would look like. I wonder what kind of mess it would make. I wonder if you can ever really be ready for the part of you that you've been hiding your whole life to finally come out. — Amy Reed

As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago? — Hjalmar Branting

I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games. — Harold Ford Jr.

Tom Kealey might be my favorite short story writer and this astonishing collection is long overdue. — Stephen Elliott

I wanted to leave a mark on the world. Doesnt matter how big. I just wanted to make a mark in peoples lives. — Megan Young

We went to dinner and healed the wounds, at least to a certain degree. But I hope he understands the hurt he did to me. He put the boot into a pal and I don't think you should do that. — Ian St. John

Call her Betty Fucking Crocker, because the cake was so going to be worth the bake. — Kresley Cole

Remove the cataract and he sees. Ignorance is the cataract. — M.V. Kamath