For me, a few come to mind:

  • “You’re imagining everybody in this story way more attractive than they actually were.”

It was posted somewhere on one of those spicy subreddits under some affair threesome story. And it sort if clicked with me. Like look around, normal people on the street don’t all look like supermodels. And supermodels don’t lurk around in reddit comment sections. It really put things into perspective for me.

  • “Life isn’t short, it’s the longest thing you’ll ever do.”

It is a bit uplifting to realize that no matter if you have bad or good period in your life, it is only a short chapter contained in the longest time period possible for you to experience.

There were a few others that I probably can’t remember of the top of my head right now.

  • Aeris Irides@lol.gothiceuphoria.com
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    “My sister is the opposite of paranoid. She has the delusion that people actually like her.” Harry Block (Woody Allen) in the 187 film “Deconstructing Harry”

    “My friends are so happy they’re killing themselves.” Steve McKenna (Jan-Michael Vincent) in the 1972 film “The Mechanic”

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    I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.

    Yes, I know Mother Theresa isn’t well liked, and for good reason, but I like this quote. It shows you how framing your words and actions can impact how they are perceived by others. It makes you think.

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    Hope is not a strategy.

    It’s better to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

    A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

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    Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

    Cynical is a word used by the frightened to describe the realistic.

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    "How active you are in middle-age determines how active you will be able to be in old age. And that applies to any given decade of one’s life.

    Meanwhile, on Lemmy, we got people whining about sore backs and knees once they turn 30.

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      Work with elderly. Use it or lose it.

      Amount of people who struggle to walk because they got in a wheelchair at some point is fucking high