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Brandon’s Quotes

“We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.”
― Simone Weil

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“Censor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time. Write yourself. Your body must be heard.”
― Helene Cixous, The Laugh of the Medusa

tags: feminism, self-expression, writing

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“only philosophy can go deep enough to show that literature goes still deeper than philosophy”
― Michel Serres

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“Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
― Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace

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“For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world.”
― Shantideva

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