the brain has a biological mechanism specifically responsible for creating and regulating our connection with our attachment figures (parents, children, and romantic partners).
“People whose freedom is taken away always end up hating somebody.”
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“I once asked a bird,
"How do you fly in this gravity of darkness ?"
And she replied "Love lifts me"
~ Hafiz~”
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"How do you fly in this gravity of darkness ?"
And she replied "Love lifts me"
~ Hafiz~”
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“We truly believed in something back then, and we knew we were the kind of people capable of believing in something - with all our hearts. And that kind of hope will never simply vanish.”
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“Peace is this moment without judgment. That is all. This moment in the Heart-space Where everything that is is welcome.”
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“I’m not totally mad at you. I’m just sad. You’re all locked up in that little world of yours, and when I try knocking on the door, you just sort of look up for a second and go right back inside.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
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