Bipolar Quote by Camille Paglia

“Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives its personae.” quote by Camille Paglia — Download Open image

“Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives its personae.”

Camille Paglia

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