Amends Quote by Joan Didion

I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company…

— Joan Didion

“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company…

— Joan Didion

“After Princeton, the years seem like a blur, but the days seem more like rapid fire. - Donald Rumsfeld in Year of Magical Thinking”

— Joan Didion

Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken…

— Joan Didion

Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.

— Joan Didion

The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“According to a study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, sleep deprivation reduces our emotional intelligence, self-regard, assertiveness, sense of independence, empathy…

— Arianna Huffington

It's magical thinking to imagine that the reason unspeakable things are being perpetrated by younger and younger people is that they've fallen under the…

— John Irving

Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Because It: Fosters the healthy, creative and emotional growth of a child; Forms the best foundation…

— Rachel Carson

In Hollywood, primitive magical thinking exists side by side with the most advanced technology.

— Hortense Powdermaker

“There’s always a good reason to berate Oprah.  Her empire is built entirely on bullshit.  She endorses pseudo-science, she promotes psychics, she gives voice…

— Noah Lugeons

“The world is entirely magical, the only illusion is that it isn't...”

— Lydia Andal