Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.
“If you sign up for intimacy, getting hurt is part of the deal.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training. That”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less, and inevitable circumstance. Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person's heart and dissolve it. You could see it, too, as a kind of double-edged sword. It protects me, but at the same time steadily cuts away at me from the inside. I think in my own way I'm aware of this danger --probably through experience -- and that's why I've had to constantly keep my body in motion, in some cases pushing myself to the limit, in order to heal the loneliness I feel inside and to put it in perspective.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“So my new, simple, and regular life began. I got up before five a.m. and went to bed before ten p.m. People are at their best at different times of day, but I’m definitely a morning person. That’s when I can focus and finish up important work I have to do. Afterward I work out or do other errands that don’t take much concentration. At the end of the day I relax and don’t do any more work. I read, listen to music, take it easy, and try to go to bed early. This is the pattern I’ve mostly followed up till today.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: The book that made Harry Styles believe he could run a marathon
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: The book that made Harry Styles believe he could run a marathon
“Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent. That”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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