A-beginner-s-guide-to-mediocrity Quote by Pamela August Russell

“That’s all addiction really is. It’s trading away the future so you can feel OK right now.”

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“You want to be OK right now, so you trade that for having a good life in the long run. It’s a bad trade,…

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“Addiction,” I say simply. “It can span an entire lifetime if untreated.” “What’s the treatment?” “I don’t really care.” “Me neither,” she says.”

— Tarryn Fisher

“Addiction is only a hopeless attempt to deal with the pain of living cutoff from who we really are.”

— Dragos Bratasanu

“Old habits die hard, and sometimes the toughest addictions to shake are the ones that control our hearts.”

— Dannika Dark

“Life is addictive. If people complain overmuch, I think I will have to draw that fact to their attention.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Habits die hard, only good ones, because bad ones are immortal.”

— Lovely Goyal

“This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.”

— Seth Godin

“The addiction was all about looking for oblivion, for forgetting, the contortions we go through just enough to be ourselves for a few hours.”

— Keith Richards

“Are you addicted if there is simply no reason for you to do anything else?”

— Nick Harkaway

“I have faith that my life will eventually work out, as long as I continue to fight against my addiction. I know I can't…

— Darren McCarty

“want to be OK right now, so you trade that for having a good life in the long run. It’s a bad trade, but…

— Catherine Ryan Hyde