The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that th…

Kay Redfield Jamison
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The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources lost to a person when the brain is ill. ✨ Kay Redfield Jamison (2011). Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, p.92, Vintage
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