“There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
“Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or a need, to engage this unknown, while anxiety suggests a fear of it. Desire takes one out of oneself, into the possibility or relationship, but it also takes one deeper into oneself. Anxiety turns one back on oneself, but only onto the self that is already known.”
― Open to Desire: Embracing a Lust for Life - Insights from Buddhism and Psychotherapy
― Open to Desire: Embracing a Lust for Life - Insights from Buddhism and Psychotherapy
“I am troubled, immeasurably
by your eyes.
I am struck by the feather
of your soft reply.
The sound of glass
speaks quick, disdain
and conceals
what your eyes fight
to explain.”
― Wilderness: The Lost Writings, Vol. 1
by your eyes.
I am struck by the feather
of your soft reply.
The sound of glass
speaks quick, disdain
and conceals
what your eyes fight
to explain.”
― Wilderness: The Lost Writings, Vol. 1
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