I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that…

Kay Redfield Jamison
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I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening. ✨ Kay Redfield Jamison (2011). Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, p.309, Vintage
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But, with time, one has encountered many of the monsters, and one is increasingly less terrified of those still to be met. ✨ FaceBook post byKay Redfield Jamison from Aug 11, 2012
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I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening. ✨ Kay Redfield Jamison (2011). Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, p.309, Vintage

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