Quote by Jeremy Laurance

“Scarcely has one person been retrieved from the bridge than another slashes her wrists in the bathroom, while a third is breaking windows in the office … Hospitals seem more and more like warehouses for the sedation of the utterly victimized and powerless.” quote by Jeremy Laurance — Download Open image

““Scarcely has one person been retrieved from the bridge than another slashes her wrists in the bathroom, while a third is breaking windows in the office … Hospitals seem more and more like warehouses for the sedation of the utterly victimized and powerless.””

Jeremy Laurance

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