“He thought it might be the most intimate thing possible, to fall asleep next to someone in the afternoon.”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
“He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
“He was part of a ruined generation of young men coddled by their parents -by their mothers especially- raised on unearned self-esteem, in a bubble of overaffection, in a sad incubator of phony achievement.”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
“...when I've practiced acceptance, when I've floated instead of fought, when I've rested, even for a moment, on the surface instead of wrestling the water itself. And those moments are like heaven.”
― Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way
― Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way
“But aren't all great quests folly? El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth and the search for intelligent life in the cosmos-- we know what's out there. It's what isn't that truly compels us. ”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
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