“People like you are the reason
People like me need medication.”
Cheyenne McCray (1965) writer
Source: Demons Not Included
“Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behaviour in children, and medicate it in adults?”
— Barbara Kingsolver, book Flight Behavior
Source: Flight Behavior
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