But if Irina was quiet, she was quiet the way a heated skillet is quiet—in the moments before you drop in the fat.
“Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.”
― Howards End
― Howards End
“The Zen master Linji (also known as Rinzai) said, “The miracle is walking on the earth, not walking on water or fire. The real miracle is walking on this earth.”
― You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
― You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
“She recognized that that is how friendships begin: one person reveals a moment of strangeness, and the other person decides just to listen and not exploit it.”
― The Interestings
― The Interestings
“Maybe therapy isn’t just a bad one-woman fringe show you don’t have the balls to take on the road.”
― Grown Ups
― Grown Ups
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