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“People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.”

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

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“I’m attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I’m interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I’m interested in the things people try to hide.”

— Johnny Depp

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“The name of a person you love is more than language”

— Tennessee Williams, from Selected Stories; “The Vine,” c. July 1944

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“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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“You’re the kind of soul anyone would be lucky to be with, and you don’t even know it, the great ones never do.”

— Adrian Michael

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― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

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Jihyun Yun, from Some Are Always Hungry; “Reversal”

[Text ID: “I so want to survive this. Please lead me whole into another season so I may dare begin again.”]

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— Sylvia Plath, "The Bell Jar"

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Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You

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“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.”

— Carl Jung

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“Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain and still succeed.”

— Misty Copeland

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Sara Teasdale, from The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale; "Song,"

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“Words don’t come out when you’re hurt that deeply.”

— Haruki Murakami

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“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.”

— Unknown

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“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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