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Beautiful poems from the husband of the more-famous Mary Shelley aka the author of Frankenstein.
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a foreigner – a “farang,” as the Thais say
“you were the most beautiful thing i'd ever felt till now. and i was convinced you'd remain the most beautiful thing i'd ever feel. do you know how limiting that is. to think at such a ripe young age i'd experienced the most exhilarating person i'd ever meet. how i'd spend the rest of my life just settling. to think i'd tasted the rawest form of honey and everything else would be refined and synthetic. that nothing else would be refined and synthetic. that nothing beyond this point would add up. that all the years beyond me could not combine themselves to be sweeter than you.
- falsehood”
― Milk and honey
- falsehood”
― Milk and honey
“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
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“It is only within the context of having properly developed your mind that you will be able to truly enjoy the achievement of your material values, including that of a more muscular body.”
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“Not every story has a happy ending, ... but the discoveries of science, the teachings of the heart, and the revelations of the soul all assure us that no human being is ever beyond redemption. The possibility of renewal exists so long as life exists. How to support that possibility in others and in ourselves is the ultimate question.”
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
“To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.”
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
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