“I love you every day -for the code and the blush
and the shrug of it. Make your mind up in me, and I will do the same.”
― Don't Be Interesting: Poems
and the shrug of it. Make your mind up in me, and I will do the same.”
― Don't Be Interesting: Poems
“There is no distinction between means and ends. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way to enlightenment, enlightenment is the way.”
― Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child
― Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child
“Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.”
― Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child
― Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will still bring you happiness again, as long as you live. As long as you can look fearlessly up into the heavens, as long as you know that you are pure within, and that you will still find happiness.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
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