“Who was it who said that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past?”
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
“...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.”
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“Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.”
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
― Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
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