Gone Girl
by
Love is the world’s infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of blood.
“a world of unimaginable pain and unfathomable joy, the two poles never so far from one another.”
― The Measure
― The Measure
“She felt less like a mere human being, and more like a human who was merely being.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
“Experience is not what happens to you, it’s what you do with what happens to you.”
― How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
― How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
“But the fire of true hatred, I realize, cannot exist without the oxygen of affection. I would not hurt so much, or hate so much, if I did not care.”
― Restore Me
― Restore Me
“when dealing with mood it is essential to remember that it’s not all in your head. It’s also in your body state, your relationships, your past and present, your living conditions and lifestyle. It’s in everything you do and don’t do, in your diet and your thoughts, your movements and memories. How you feel is not simply a product of your brain.”
― Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
― Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
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