"Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life when I saw the improbable, the implausible, and often the "impossible," come true." —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up
"There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no one who cares." —Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
