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Reading — the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at

Reading — the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. – William Styron

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The madness of depression is the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained. – William Styron

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Depression
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William Styron
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Mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from natural experience, the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain. – William Styron

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Experience
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If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. – Author unknown

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Books had instant replay long before televised sports. – Bern Williams

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Books

Never judge a book by its movie. – J.W. Eagan

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An ordinary man can… surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. – Augustine Birrell

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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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