‘In fairness, Lenin has also announced an eight-hour day for workers and universal free education for their children.’ Fitz was annoyed. Maud had no tact. This was not the moment to defend Lenin. But Winston was a match for her. ‘And a
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“My dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.
Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.
For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.
~ Falsely yours”
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Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.
Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.
For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.
~ Falsely yours”
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“Habits and practice are very interrelated. What we practice will become a habit.”
― The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process
― The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process
“If you are not in control of your thoughts then you are not in control of yourself. Without self-control, you have no real power, regardless of whatever else you accomplish. If you are not aware of the thoughts that you are thinking in each moment, then you are the rider with no reins, with no power over where you are going. You cannot control what you are not aware of. Awareness must come first.”
― The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life
― The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life
“So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!”
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“Sometimes the storm in a person's mind raged too strongly.”
― When the Moon is Low
― When the Moon is Low
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