So in the end maybe that’s the challenge: to look inside your own heart as perceptively and seriously as you can, and to make peace with what you find there. If we hope to truly see another person, we have to start by looking within
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“But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“In other words, let's face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to seek out a kind of fairness. Of course, that might take time and effort. And maybe it won't seem to be worth all that. It's up to each individual to decide whether or not it is.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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