All Quotes By Tag: Addiction
“I’m not addicted to the social networks. I only use them anytime I’ve got time for it…break time, brunch time, lunch time, party time, bedtime, anytime and every time.”
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“It will take centuries to disconnect people from an addiction like religion; no matter how bad and disastrous it could be, but addiction is the worst of all.”
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“By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.”
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“Opium resembles religion insofar as a magician resembles Jesus.”
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“I wind up stretched across the couchstill nodding with Sherlock Holmesexamining our crushed veins”
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“Listen, we’ll come visit you. Okay? I’ll dress up as William Shakespeare, Lucent as Emily Dickinson, and beautiful ‘Ray’ as someone dashing and manly like Jules Verne or Ernest Hemingway…and we’ll write on your white-room walls. We’ll write you out of your supposed insanity. I love you, Micky Affias.-James (from “Descendants of the Eminent”)”
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“It’s easier for me to make sense of it that way than it is for me to face the other way—reality. And yet, those evil spirits that were unleashed—be they fake entities from a stupid carnival ride, or cruel malevolencies from dark spiritual chasms of our universe—have stayed with me all these years”
“There have been times I’ve felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.”
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“Please don’t be overly sober with your precious wings, it’s your addiction to freedom that makes me think that i too can defy gravity.”
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“God began rewriting the ending to my life’s story, our worlds collided with His, and He provided us with the most beautiful second chance.”
“For all the alcoholics and addicts out there, you are loved, stopped being so stubborn and come in from the cold. Wherever you are, there is a brighter light in your sight. Move towards it every day, and keep moving towards it. Even the worst and strongest addiction is a choice—a choice not to fight, to give up, to indulge the impulse, or instead to accept the hands offered you to help, even from strangers, even from the state. Don’t hate those who gave up on you, it wasn’t their fault, you just wore them down. Show them they were wrong about you. Your troubles are meant to mold you into something better, not destroy you, so FIGHT! Another day comes for the better if you’re standing in the right spot for it to hit you. Find the right spot and stay there until it does.”
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“Mental slavery is a cheap & easy to find addiction. Knowledge stimulates mental faculties immune system.”
“I am a work in progress.”
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