P. Lyn

“Many people have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“She was a woman, a traitor, and a killer. Males and females wanted her. But I was the only one who ever could have loved her.”
― Denis Johnson, Jesus’ Son

“Acknowledging that we are all churned up is the first and most difficult step in any practice. Without compassionate recognition that we are stuck, it’s impossible to liberate ourselves from confusion. ‘Doing something different’ is anything that interrupts our ancient habit of indulging in our emotions. We do anything to cut the strong tendency to spin out… Anything that’s non-habitual will do—even sing and dance or run around the block. We do anything that doesn’t reinforce our crippling habits. The third most difficult practice is to then remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime.”
― Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

“We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that”
― Denis Johnson, Jesus’ Son