Laura Durham

“Buddhist psychology taught that we should think of ourselves as gardeners and our presence and attention as nourishment for the seeds.”
― Brad Stulberg, The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul

“The amount of time you spent together probably matters, but less time doesn't mean less love. Whether it's a day or a year, human or cat, and even if we may never see them again, there are those who are irreplaceable in our lives.

[Tomoka, handbag designer]”
― Syou Ishida, We'll Prescribe You a Cat

“There was something comforting about watching a cat going about on a little adventure.”
― Syou Ishida, We'll Prescribe You a Cat

“What he was asking for was, effectively, a story without all the conflict. Without tension and animosity. Without many of the things I'd been taught were essential to storytelling.
This wasn't a totally new idea to me. I'd already spent 14 years writing a fantasy novel without a single sword-fight, goblin army, or looming apocalypse. I had specifically avoided having a god-lion tortured to death, or farm boys straight-up murk any tyrants or mad wizards. Nobody destroyed anything in a volcano thereby ruining magic forever and making all the elves sad enough to fuck off forever out of the world.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires