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Other couples use safe words to call a time-out from rough sex, but we used it as a time-out from rough words. If either of us says “November 17,” the anniversary of our first date, then all conversation must cease for fifteen minutes. I
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“Fall down eight times, stand up nine. For me, this saying is less about the dead paving the way for future generations than it is for the women of Jeju. We suffer and suffer and suffer, but we also keep getting up. We keep living. You would not be here if you weren't brave. Now you need to be braver still.”
― The Island of Sea Women
― The Island of Sea Women
“Many Monk, Sadhus and Yogis have been saying that if you do good karma after you die you will get a good place in heaven. I can say there is no other heaven than the beautiful earth. So welcome to heaven, save and cherish it. Live here to fullest because you have got this chance once in this heaven. You must have done something very good.”
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“The houses reminded me of hopeful homely girls on a Friday night, hopping bars in spangly tops, packs of them where you assumed at least one might be pretty, but none were, and never would be. And here was Magda’s house, the ugliest girl with the most accessories, frantically piled on. The front yard was spiked with lawn ornaments: gnomes bouncing on wire legs, flamingos on springs, and ducks with plastic wings that circled when the wind blew. A forgotten cardboard Christmas reindeer sat soggy in the front garden, which was mostly mud, baby-fuzz patches of grass poking through intermittently.”
― Dark Places
― Dark Places
“Life consists of millions of thought and mind follows them to build a future. Thoughts come from daily work and I call it Karma. It is upon you how your life to be built”
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“The gravity of the battle means nothing to those at peace”
― Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
― Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
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