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“I sit before flowers
hoping they will train me in the art
of opening up
I stand on mountain tops believing
that avalanches will teach me to let go
I know
nothing
but I am here to learn.”
―
hoping they will train me in the art
of opening up
I stand on mountain tops believing
that avalanches will teach me to let go
I know
nothing
but I am here to learn.”
―
“This is hard, isn't it?"
"Yes"I said. "Is it supposed to be hard Mom?”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
"Yes"I said. "Is it supposed to be hard Mom?”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important.”
― Conversations with James Baldwin (Literary Conversations Series)
― Conversations with James Baldwin (Literary Conversations Series)
“Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed.”
― Choices
― Choices
“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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