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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

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Sep 22, 2020 10:11AM

“We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it, if it were not the earth where the same flowers come up again every spring that we used to gather with our tiny fingers as we sat lisping to ourselves on the grass, the same hips and haws on the autumn hedgerows, the same redbreasts that we used to call ‘God’s birds’ because they did no harm to the precious crops. What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known and loved because it is known?”
― George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

tags: childhood, love, nature

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“In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.”
― Solon

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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
― Socrates

tags: philosophy

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“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: love, ordinary, people

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“When I talk about unrequited love, most of you probably think about romantic love, but there are many other kinds of love that are not adequately returned, if they are returned at all. An angry adolescent may not love her mother back as her mother loves her; an abusive father doesn't return the innocent open love of his young child. But grief is the ultimate unrequieted love. However hard and however long we love someone who has died, they can never love us back. At least that is how it feels...”
― Rosamund Lupton, Sister

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