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“You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by.”
― Nails and Eyes
― Nails and Eyes
“No one can hate themselves into a version of themselves that they like”
― Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help
― Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help
“Look for what you notice but no one else sees.”
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
― The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least.”
― Pageboy
― Pageboy
“But since you must kill to eat, and rob the newly born of its mother’s milk to quench your thirst, let it then be an act of worship,”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
Alain de Botton
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A chance to discuss the work of Alain de Botton, especially the latest title, A Week at the Airport. Dates, October 18-24
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