Kelly

“And I would rather be alive, be real, be increasingly conscious of all that I am, than move around this planet all mechanical and unconscious.”
― Sera J. Beak, The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark

“She'd never trusted her own natural impulses and instincts Among her greatest fears was the possibility that she might never discover and develop her deepest talents and intuitions. Her special gifts. Her life would be wasted in pursuing the goals set for her by other people. Instead, she wanted to reclaim a power and authority - a primitive, irresistible force - that transcended gender roles. She dreamed of wielding a raw magic that predated civilization itself.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Beautiful You

“He reflected deeply, until this feeling completely overwhelmed him and he reached a point where he recognized causes; for to recognize causes, it seemed to him, is to think, and through thought alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin to mature.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“I had the patience to sit like a fool with these people, listening to them for four hours on end, and never daring say a word or knowing what to say. I would fall into a stupor and break out in perspiration again and again. Paralysis hung over me. But it was good and beneficial. When I returned home, I would put away my longing to embrace all of humanity for a while.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky