“But one mustn't underestimate the primal appeal—to lose one's self, lose it utterly. And in losing it be born to the principle of continuous life, outside the prison of mortality and time.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Have you ever truly, keenly felt like you don't know who you are? Do you ever do something and think, Who is at the controls? Like some mad pilot has locked you out of the cockpit? I definitely do. I feel a kind of vertigo that makes me shake afterwards. I guess we all feel it when making a difficult-seeming choice, and sometimes you seriously don't know what you want because you don't know who you're supposed to be, or who you want to be. Physics, my first and second families, my philosophy degree, had all failed to help me answer that question. The former has led me to wonder whether I am one of an infinite number of Alices in multiple universes. A quantum fuck-up, which is someone who fucks up in every one of those universes but in different ways.”
― Sympathy
― Sympathy
“Don't disguise your tears, don't hide your sadness, don't be afraid to find out who you really are. Because in those fleeting moments you'll summon such beauty and strength that, in no time at all, you'll fully grasp exactly why you're so gossiped about here in the unseen”
― Notes from the Universe Coloring Book
― Notes from the Universe Coloring Book
“Something primal was awake within her, a violent will to live as old as the universe itself.”
― Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire
― Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire
“As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for “instructions.”
― Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
― Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
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