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“We could not save the environment and democratize the planet and feed the poor before because for so long we could not release our fear of scarcity and our need to control, so that we could give to others. We couldn't release it because we had no view of life that served as an alternative. Now we do!”
― James Redfield, The Celestine Prophecy - An Experiential Guide

“Life makes us so fragile and anesthetizes us too.”
― Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

“Not all powers are spectacular.' Hestid looked at me. 'Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“The effort to ward off intrusive symptoms, though self-protective in intent, further aggravates the PTSD, for the attempt to avoid reliving the trauma too often results in a narrowing of consciousness, a withdrawal from engagement with others, and an impoverished life.”
― Judith Lewis Herman MD, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror