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> [Think of how much we stress about living up to our "potential," and how it creates anxiety and terror in people; in short, stops them from living their life as fully as they might out of fear and self-loathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/think-of-how-much-we-stress-about-living-up-to-our-potential-and-how/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

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## More by Emily Susan Rapp

> [Although I don't think love is quantitatively measured - in other words, I don't believe that you "don't know love until you have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/although-i-don-t-think-love-is-quantitatively-measured-in-other-words/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions in terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/nonfiction-ties-your-hands-a-bit-and-just-like-writing-poetry-in/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I have been, earlier in my life, a lazy writer. I'd spend three hours at the gym to avoid writing, or I'd just find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-have-been-earlier-in-my-life-a-lazy-writer-i-d-spend-three-hours-at/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [The most precious love is often the kind that isn't returned, and that is given freely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/the-most-precious-love-is-often-the-kind-that-isn-t-returned-and-that/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I do believe that great love brings with it the terror and possibility of great loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-do-believe-that-great-love-brings-with-it-the-terror-and/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I don't believe in God, but I do believe in that chaotic reality, and also this: that none of us knows anything about anything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-don-t-believe-in-god-but-i-do-believe-in-that-chaotic-reality-and/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [Think of how much we stress about living up to our "potential," and how it creates anxiety and terror in people; in short, stops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/think-of-how-much-we-stress-about-living-up-to-our-potential-and-how/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I love poetry, but I find it so difficult to write well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-love-poetry-but-i-find-it-so-difficult-to-write-well/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I honestly turned to writing because I didn't know what else to do, and because a friend had gently suggested it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-honestly-turned-to-writing-because-i-didn-t-know-what-else-to-do/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I write one poem a year, usually in January or February.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-write-one-poem-a-year-usually-in-january-or-february/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I think it's more important to concentrate on trying to be, simply, happy. Once you've known deep despair, you feel even more motivated to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-think-it-s-more-important-to-concentrate-on-trying-to-be-simply/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/people-romanticize-i-think-this-notion-of-life-but-life-at-all-costs/)

[Emily Susan Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-susan-rapp/)

> [I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/i-do-write-fiction-and-i-find-it-more-difficult-but-also-more/)

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> [It's terrible to know that no matter how you try to help your child, his condition will worsen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-susan-rapp/it-s-terrible-to-know-that-no-matter-how-you-try-to-help-your-child/)

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