Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
Rage that has nowhere to go is redirected against the self, in the form of depression, self-hatred, and self-destructive actions. One of my patients told me, ‘It is like hating your home, your kitchen and pots and pans, your bed, your chairs, your table, your rugs.’ Nothing feels safe – least of all your own body.
Bessel van der Kolk
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To mark the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to launch an FDNY shirt that pays tribute to the brave first responders who, like my father, risk their lives in the line of duty on a regular basis. All of the proceeds raised from the sale of the T-shirt benefit the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund.
Mark Sanchez
Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can't do anything because they are just stupid people.
Mario Balotelli
I play guitar, bass, drums, piano, and pretty much any sort of stringed instrument - besides violin or cello.
Mark Foster
Foster the People
Prosperity makes few friends.
Luc de Clapiers
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
Frank Leahy
I know Chandler is similar to me. But if you watched my life for a week, there would be many more boring parts.
Matthew Perry
Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
Bob Woodward
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.
Charlotte Bronte
The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
Orhan Pamuk
I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it. For me, the act of storytelling is an act of healing.
Clemantine Wamariya
Rage that has nowhere to go is redirected against the self, in the form of depression, self-hatred, and self-destructive actions. One of my patients told me, ‘It is like hating your home, your kitchen and pots and pans, your bed, your chairs, your table, your rugs.’ Nothing feels safe – least of all your own body.
Bessel van der Kolk
