Alison Gresik > Quotes

“It seemed that my unhappy state was marked by three things: self-deception, self-abuse, and anhedonia. I told myself things that weren’t true, I neglected my needs or actively punished myself, and I took little delight from what the world offered.”
― Alison Gresik, Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life

“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” — Lin Yutang”
― Alison Gresik, Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life

“I’m still sleepy, a good frame of mind for writing — the inner critic snuggles deeper under the silk comforter and lapses back into unconsciousness while the dreamer and I begin work undisturbed. I”
― Alison Gresik, Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life

“The Angel of Poetry, black and white words dripping off her fingers. The Angel of Getting Your Shit Together, in tight jeans and a rock-and-roll T-shirt. The Angel of Truth and Beauty, who combines the grace of Venus with the mouth of a trucker. Together we’re going to rock this manuscript. We”
― Alison Gresik, Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life

“you cannot get lost in a labyrinth. There are many twists and turns, leaps forward and doublings back, but you are always moving closer to the centre. Once”
― Alison Gresik, Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life