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“We like to think we control our minds, control the flow of thought, but if it was possible to do that then you wouldn’t have travelled halfway around the world for my advice.’ He pointed at me, playfully, laughing. ‘In fact, if it were possible to control your thoughts then you’d never have any reason to get stressed at all. You’d simply block out all the unpleasant thoughts and live peacefully with all your happy thoughts.’ I couldn’t believe how obvious it sounded when he explained it like that. It was almost as if I already knew it at some level, but had somehow forgotten to apply the idea to my life.”
― Andy Puddicombe, The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness

“She is an accident of atoms, and when life is done with her, she will disperse.”
― Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life

“Little kids all love the stars. They want to be astronauts. Explore the universe, see what no one else has ever seen. But then we get older and--we stop looking up. We keep our eyes on the ground and decide to be something realistic.”
― Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life

“Ruin me, ruin us, and I’ll let you.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God