“No human experience is hard or easy in or of itself. It is the unhelpful reaction of the helpful response that will determine the quality of mental state.” Downward Dog

 “Outside, the sleet had gotten thicker. You could hear it pebbling against the large glass windows, you could see it swirling wildly through the spotlights of streetlamps. It was the kind of night when you might expect to see a skeleton flying through the air, its ragged black shroud flapping in the wind.”

― Dan Chaon, Stay Awake

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