"People that live in darkness, can't stand to be around those that embrace the light."

 

The Creative Mind requires solitude.

 

"Rest is a super power - my bedroom is my cocoon."

 

Burning the midnight oil—habitually staying up late—

significantly disrupts the body's circadian rhythm, leading to severe long-term health risks including a 10% higher risk

of early death. It causes cognitive impairment, metabolic disorders, weakened immunity, and increased risk of cancer. 

It also lowers productivity, causing mistakes, stress, and mental health issues.

 

"Radical self-care is a non-consumerist approach to well-being that prioritizes personal needs and healing as a form

of resistance against burnout and systemic oppression.  It involves setting firm boundaries, cultivating 

self-compassion, and actively removing toxic elements (people, habits, obligations) to protect mental, 

physical, and emotional health."

AI-assisted compilation

 

"What do they say about cats. I think it's something like a dog considers you their best friend, 

a cat considers you an employee."

 

"The opposite of love is indifference."

 

 

"Nothing’s wrong as far as I can see… We make it harder than it has to be.”

 

"Stay away from jealous people."

 

"Being kind is everything. Even if your kindness fails to impact someone else, it will always impact you."

"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another skin, another voice, another soul." 

— Joyce Carol Oates

 "The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble.  

No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life."

 

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done 

does away with fear."  

— Rosa Parks