Chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they n…

Kay Redfield Jamison
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Chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. ✨ Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness, p.104, Pan Macmillan
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Chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. ✨ Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness, p.104, Pan Macmillan

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