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I like this quote because the young girl narrating is equated to one of the little brown birds.
“Pain and pleasure occur in consciousness and exist only there”
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“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― Four Quartets
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― Four Quartets
“To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself. She has to develop the ability to find enjoyment and purpose regardless of external circumstances.”
― Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
― Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
“Believing in yourself when no one else does is lonely. Surround yourself with people who believe in you. The alternative is eventual insanity.”
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