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“Goodness is giving up power and acting upon the world negatively. The good are unimaginable.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

tags: buddhism, ethics, goodness, jainism, pacifism, power, selflessness

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“Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.”
― Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace

tags: love

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“How different each death is, and yet it leads us into the self-same country, that country which we inhabit so rarely, where we see the worthlessness of what we have long pursued and will so soon return to pursuing.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

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“They will love me for that which destroys me.”
― Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis

tags: 4-48-psychosis, destroy, love

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“How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that makes me think I'm on the way to knowing love." Or if instead of saying "I am in love" we say "I am loving" or "I will love." Our patterns around romantic love are unlikely to change if we do not change our language.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

tags: change, communication, connection, language, love, romance

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