“There are few consequences if society accepts the behavior,”
“But once you sense that vastness, once something reveals it, hope emerges, whether you want it to or not, and it clings to you as stubbornly as lichen clings to rock.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“There was no audience, no one to perform for. There was no need to define myself. I became irrelevant.”
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
“Most beautiful place on earth, and the most brutal. Sometimes I think God wanted to show us all His ways at once.”
― The Giver of Stars
― The Giver of Stars
“Jefferies wrote, in his autobiography The Story of My Heart, that the type of life celebrated by society, one of hard work and unceasing chores and constant routine, does nothing but “build a wall about the mind.”
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
“Compartmentalization was the only way to remain in control during a crisis. Tackle the issue with logic and reason—deal with how you feel about it later. It’s a mindset drilled into every pilot from day one.”
― Falling
― Falling
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