“It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.”
― Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals
― Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals
“All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila, the rest of your life you're green.”
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers
Is always the first to be touched by the thorns.”
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Is always the first to be touched by the thorns.”
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