“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world. To make injustice the only
measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.”
― Refusing Heaven
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world. To make injustice the only
measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.”
― Refusing Heaven
“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
―
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
―
“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“do not choose the lesser life. do you hear me. do you hear me. choose the life that is. yours. the life that is seducing your lungs. that is dripping down your chin.”
― nejma
― nejma
“I want to live so densely. lush. and slow in the next few years, that a year becomes ten years, and my past becomes only a page in the book of my life.”
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