her personal experience with Zen Buddhism taught her that compassion, nonjudgment, and mindfulness can normalize our experience and help us trust and accept ourselves.
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one.
The pain is an anchor, mooring me here.”
― Kafka on the Shore
The pain is an anchor, mooring me here.”
― Kafka on the Shore
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