“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
― Psychology and Alchemy
― Psychology and Alchemy
“It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the bad news again and again.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“The highest, most decisive experience is to be alone with one's own self. You must be alone to find out what supports you, when you find that you can not support yourself. Only this experience can give you an indestructible foundation.”
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“Louie brought his new girlfriend over, and the nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly.”
― Steel Magnolias
― Steel Magnolias
“How difficult it is to reach anything approaching a moderate and relatively calm point of view in the midst of one's emotions.”
― Essays on Contemporary Events, 1936-46
― Essays on Contemporary Events, 1936-46
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