“The girl thought of all the leavings a person does over the course of her life. Leaving the womb, growing up and leaving home, letting go of friends, breakups with lovers, divorce, houses packed up and moved out of. She pictured abandoned, grown-out-of-skins everywhere.”
― Awayland
― Awayland
“When you apologize, however, you may begin healing yourself. It is not for us. It is for you. I recommend it.”
― The Girl Who Drank the Moon
― The Girl Who Drank the Moon
“I broke out into a sweat and the worlds of Rilke, the poet, entered my brain -- his notion that we are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
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“The white noise of an industrial and commercial society drowns out our ability to think.”
― Dead Toad Scrolls
― Dead Toad Scrolls
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