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Our bodies hold everything. Sitting on the meditation cushion, our bodies can feel like they’re in a war zone.
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.”
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
SpecFic Buddy Reads
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We read books written by female authors and then we talk about them. All gender identities are welcome to become members of this group. All book selec ...more
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