Shaving down one’s pack weight, he said, was a process of sloughing off one’s fears. Each object a person carries represents a particular fear: of injury, of discomfort, of boredom, of attack. The “last vestige” of fear that even the most
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“Morrie smiled. “Mitch, you asked about caring for people I don’t even know. But can I tell you the thing I’m learning most with this disease?” What’s that? “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” His voice dropped to a whisper. “Let it come in. We think we don’t deserve love, we think if we let it in we’ll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said, ‘Love is the only rational act.’ ” He repeated it carefully, pausing for effect. “ ‘Love is the only rational act.’ ”
― Tuesdays with Morrie
― Tuesdays with Morrie
“Magic happens when you head out into the unknown with wonder in your right hand and terror in your left.”
― No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering
― No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering
“People often ask what I miss about Morrie. I miss that belief in humanity. I miss the eyes that could view life so encouragingly. And I miss his laugh. I really do.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie
― Tuesdays with Morrie
“It wouldn’t have been easy between you and me and her and whoever else. But life is never easy, and there are a thousand ways to live it.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
― The Little Paris Bookshop
“Everything is, in any event, fated to disappear. Judged against eternity, how little of what agitates us makes any difference.”
― No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering
― No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering
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