“I want to infect you with the tremendous excitement of living, because I believe that you have the strength to bear it.”
― The Selected Letters, Vol. 1: 1920-1945
― The Selected Letters, Vol. 1: 1920-1945
“If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions.”
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
“We are surrounded on all sides by God but often we are no more conscious of him than we are of air pressing against us. We don't turn our attention to Him. (Evelyn Underhill)”
― God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved
― God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved
“...still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other’s toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin.”
― Brokeback Mountain
― Brokeback Mountain
“You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes.”
― Matching Configurations
― Matching Configurations
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