Across the great divide

"Man is not truly one, but truly two."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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"I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; 

I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, 

even if I could rightly be said to be either, 

it was only because I was radically both."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

"The red man divided mind into two parts, 

the spiritual mind and the physical mind."

-- Charles Eastman

Twisted sister

"The face and body may be perfect,

but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters,

may not the same process produce a malformed soul?"

-- John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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"Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty;

we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection

can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind."

-- Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

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"The more fucked up you are, the more I like you.

As long as you've managed to hold onto your identity through all the shit,

then it won't matter how twisted you are. 

I will love you more for it."

-- Ashly Lorenzana

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"The truth is not distorted here, but rather a distortion is used to get at the truth."

-- Flannery O'Connor

Inner circle

"I believe anxiety is caused when the brain cannot resolve conflicts. 

It is a stress response. 

This results in circular thoughts so the same thing is thought over and over again."

-- Dr. Sarah Myhill

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"I have come full circle, she told herself, and wondered 

what had happened to all the years. 

It was a question, which from time to time, caused her some anxiety 

and left her fretting with a dreadful sense of waste.” 

-- Rosamunde Pilcher,   

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"I'm in nobody's circle, I've always been an outsider."

-- Joan Rivers

Never mind

“Your battles inspired me - 

not the obvious material battles
but those that were fought and won
behind your forehead.”

                                                                  -- James Joyce
 

“The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.” 

 

                                                                                  -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 

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“You're wrong. The mind is not like raindrops.
It does not fall from the skies, it does not lose itself among other things.
If you believe in me at all, then believe this: I promise you I will find it.
Everything depends on this."
"I believe you," she whispers after a moment.

"Please find my mind.” 

-- Haruki Murakami,  

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