“A Sanskrit word appeared in the paragraph: ANTEVASIN. It means, ‘one who lives at the border.’ In ancient times, this was a literal description. It indicated a person who had left the bustling center of worldly life to go live at the edge of the forest where the spiritual masters dwelled. The antevasin was not of the villager’s anymore-not a householder with a conventional life. But neither was he yet a transcendent-not one of those sages who live deep in the unexplored woods, fully realized. The antevasin was an in-betweener. He was a border-dweller. He lived in sight of both worlds, but he looked toward the unknown. And he was a scholar.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“The thing you learn with Potage Parmentier is that "simple" is not exactly the same as easy.”
― Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
― Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
“I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have.”
― The Darkest Part of the Forest
― The Darkest Part of the Forest
“Should I run so far that I reach the sea, I should not have run far enough, for the thing I run from rides on my back and in my blood and will not be shaken.”
― Thorn
― Thorn
“The only thing that keeps me going, is the desire to get away as far as possible.”
― Write like no one is reading
― Write like no one is reading
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