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If we are willing to take an unbiased look, we will find that in spite of all our problems and confusion, all our emotional and psychological ups and downs, there is something basically good about our existence as human beings. Unless we
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“I wish something would happen to me, something that would show me exactly how cruel and jealous and vengeful I can be. Then I could go back to gentleness because I chose it over brutality for its own sake, not because I didn't have the courage to be cruel. I might even like cruelty. I doubt very much that I would, but I ought to find out.”
― A Fine and Private Place
― A Fine and Private Place
“I'm getting closer to the coast and realize how much I hate arriving at a destination. Transition is always a relief. Destination means death to me. If I could figure out a way to remain forever in transition, in the disconnected and unfamiliar, I could remain in a state of perpetual freedom.”
― Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
― Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
“Find a love that makes you feel new, and better. Always like you’re moving and staying still at the exact same time.”
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“You are not an apology, do not treat yourself like one; your lips are perfect for kissing, your hips do not spell 'sorry'.”
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“Perhaps he is a fool and a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
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