From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?
Interpretation
Maturity involves accepting the harshness of reality with a stoic attitude.
Carrie Fisher suggests that true maturity comes from recognizing and confronting reality without denial or escapism. This 'stoic response' implies resilience and acceptance, as one learns to navigate the complexities of life while given the inevitable challenges it presents, all while maintaining a sense of humility regarding one's understanding of life.
In practice
During a graduation speech to encourage students to face life head-on.
I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't do. I've been through a lot, and I could go through more, but I hope I don't have to. But if I did, I'd be able to do it. I'm not going to enjoy dying, but there's not much prep for that.
Over time, I've paid attention, taken notes and forgotten easily half of everything I've gone through.
I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like.
There's a line I have that our family was designed more for public than for private. But there are definitely some things that are only mine. I am someone who dreams at night, and you don't know what I'm dreaming.
You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me!
I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.
One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it's too late.
Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl. Most of my best _x000D_ work came out of it.
It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someoneβs mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.
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