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> [“...: we live blindly. We repeat the same mistakes by rote until an emotional punch to the gut brings us up short. ...Sometimes it requires intense pain before we can take a good hard look at ourselves, before we ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/we-live-blindly-we-repeat-the-same-mistakes-by-rote-until-an/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

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## More by Joan Medlicott

> [“I quess when you bottle things up inside you, misunderstandings pile up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/i-quess-when-you-bottle-things-up-inside-you-misunderstandings-pile-up/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“...: we live blindly. We repeat the same mistakes by rote until an emotional punch to the gut brings us up short. ...Sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/we-live-blindly-we-repeat-the-same-mistakes-by-rote-until-an/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“It takes time to learn to live in the here and now. You have to hang on past the bad times, ... If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/it-takes-time-to-learn-to-live-in-the-here-and-now-you-have-to-hang/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“It seems to me that life circles and circles, and hopefully leads to one's own center, where things become clear. Do you not think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/it-seems-to-me-that-life-circles-and-circles-and-hopefully-leads-to/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“What would you say you've taken away from all this? ... That running away solves nothing? That my desperate need for a man to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/what-would-you-say-you-ve-taken-away-from-all-this-that-running-away/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“It's easy to blame someone else for our failings...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/it-s-easy-to-blame-someone-else-for-our-failings/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“Within the first twenty years of our lives, before we are really adult, we make choices motivated by insecurity, fear, and other people's expectations;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/within-the-first-twenty-years-of-our-lives-before-we-are-really-adult/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“Fear's a box we grow used to, convince ourselves it's all the space we need, that we like its color, its smell, its protection.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/fear-s-a-box-we-grow-used-to-convince-ourselves-it-s-all-the-space-we/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

> [“They say an unexamined life is not worth living”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-medlicott/they-say-an-unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living/)

[Joan Medlicott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-medlicott/)

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