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> [“The memory of sustenance is a terrible thing. Far worse, I think, than actual starving. Starving just kills you. Longing can gnaw away at you forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-memory-of-sustenance-is-a-terrible-thing-far-worse-i-think-than/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

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## More by Terri Cheney

> [“It’s a little-known secret, and it should probably stay that way: attempting suicide usually jump-starts your brain chemistry. There must be something about taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/it-s-a-little-known-secret-and-it-should-probably-stay-that-way/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“...love is a chemical imbalance, too. That perilous highs and desperate lows and extravagant flurries of mood are not always symptoms of a broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/love-is-a-chemical-imbalance-too-that-perilous-highs-and-desperate/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [True beauty, I realized,is not the absence of ugliness, but the acceptance of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/true-beauty-i-realized-is-not-the-absence-of-ugliness-but-the/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“The memory of sustenance is a terrible thing. Far worse, I think, than actual starving. Starving just kills you. Longing can gnaw away at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-memory-of-sustenance-is-a-terrible-thing-far-worse-i-think-than/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“These flies were half the size of my fist. They came at you and stuck to you with a single-minded purpose you had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/these-flies-were-half-the-size-of-my-fist-they-came-at-you-and-stuck/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“Was drug induced happy still happy? Was it the right kind of happy? Did it count?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/was-drug-induced-happy-still-happy-was-it-the-right-kind-of-happy-did/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“I actually stopped talking. I actually listened. So I knew that I wasn't all the way manic, because when you're all the way manic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/i-actually-stopped-talking-i-actually-listened-so-i-knew-that-i-wasn/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“True beauty is not the absence of ugliness, but the acceptance of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/true-beauty-is-not-the-absence-of-ugliness-but-the-acceptance-of-it/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [ “\[ \] manic sex isn't really intercourse. It's dicourse, just another way to ease the insatiable need for contact and communication. In place of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/manic-sex-isn-t-really-intercourse-it-s-dicourse-just-another-way-to/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“The world is essentially bipolar: driven to extremes but defined by flux. Saints are always just a stumble away from sinners. Nothing is absolute,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-world-is-essentially-bipolar-driven-to-extremes-but-defined-by/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“Without the darkness, how can we ever hope to understand the light?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/without-the-darkness-how-can-we-ever-hope-to-understand-the-light/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“Happiness is fine, in its season, but happiness out of season is a sure harbinger of doom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/happiness-is-fine-in-its-season-but-happiness-out-of-season-is-a-sure/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“Stories don't always have to end happily.. Sometimes it's just enough that they end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/stories-don-t-always-have-to-end-happily-sometimes-it-s-just-enough/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“If you nurture it long enough, a lie can become a life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/if-you-nurture-it-long-enough-a-lie-can-become-a-life/)

[Terri Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-cheney/)

> [“The cruelest curse of the disease is also its most sacred promise: You will not feel this way forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-cheney/the-cruelest-curse-of-the-disease-is-also-its-most-sacred-promise-you/)

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