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One of the advantages of science is that one's work, ultimately, is either replicated or it is not.

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Kay Redfield Jamison
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 22
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Psychologist
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Exuberance is a gift of grace that allows us to move on, to seek, to love again.
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I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses.
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The complexities of what we are given in life are vast and beyond comprehension.
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There are relatively few things that kill people that are young other than car accidents and suicide.
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Moods are such an essential part of the substance of life, of one's notion of oneself, that even psychotic extremes in mood and behavior somehow can be seen as temporary, even understandable, reactions to what life has dealt.
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I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who have it will experience a frightening, chaotic and emotional ride. It is not a gentle or easy disease.
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Which of my feelings are real? Which of the me's is me? The wild, impulsive, chaotic, energetic, and crazy one? Or the shy, withdrawn, desperate, suicidal, doomed, and tired one? Probably a bit of both, hopefully much that is neither.
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If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?
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Mother, who has an absolute belief that it is not the cards that one is dealt in life, it is how one plays them, is, by far, the highest card I was dealt.
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Suicide Note: The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss. -Langston Hughes
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There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.
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Everything previously moving with the grain is now against - you are irritable, angry, frightened, uncontrollable, and enmeshed totally in the blackest caves of the mind. You never knew those caves were there. It will never end, for madness carves its own reality.
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We all move uneasily within our restraints.
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