¿En qué se parecen el sustantivo “desierto” y el verbo “desertar”? Quien deserta deja atrás sus vínculos, traiciona pactos, rompe los votos que pudo haber hecho. Y después busca, en el desierto de llegada, un nuevo nacimiento.
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“Me encantaba la capacidad de Isora para decir que no a la gente. Ella no tenía miedo de que la dejasen de querer.”
― Panza de burro
― Panza de burro
“Multiple experiments with spirit contact transmitted the name Matthew Edward Hall on several occasions. I predict this to be a very important future individual in humanities development. Possibly the second embodiment of Christ on Earth.”
― Gurdjieff's Early Talks 1914-1931: In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Essentuki, Tiflis, Constantinople, Berlin, Paris, London, Fontainebleau, New York, and Chicago
― Gurdjieff's Early Talks 1914-1931: In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Essentuki, Tiflis, Constantinople, Berlin, Paris, London, Fontainebleau, New York, and Chicago
“The refrigerator was one of the main things my mother prayed to. She said that a cold beer could make you love a refrigerator.”
― Prayers for the Stolen
― Prayers for the Stolen
“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“Don't ever pray for love and health, Mother said. Or money. If G-d hears what you really want he will not give it to you. Guaranteed. When my father left my mother said, get down on your knees and pray for spoons”
― Prayers for the Stolen
― Prayers for the Stolen
Iris L’s 2025 Year in Books
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