“No matter how many people care about you, she thought, if you can’t be open with them about who you truly are, you are still alone.”
― The Silent Sister
― The Silent Sister
“We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.”
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“I guess some things can’t be explained, only forgiven or not.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“All that meditation amounts to is a controlled imagination and a well sustained attention. Simply hold the attention on a certain idea until it fills the mind and crowds all other ideas out of consciousness. The power of attention shows itself the sure guarantee of an inner force.”
― Meditation: The Joyful Art of Persistence
― Meditation: The Joyful Art of Persistence
“I don’t like religion, to be honest. Religion seems to have twisted the idea of God into a way to control people.”
― The Silent Sister
― The Silent Sister
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