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‘Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.
“Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man. The masculine heart needs a place where nothing is prefabricated, modular, nonfat, zip lock, franchised, on-line, microwavable.”
― Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
― Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“In order to understand how a man receives a wound, you must understand the central truth of a boy’s journey to manhood: Masculinity is bestowed. A boy learns who he is and what he’s got from a man, or the company of men. He cannot learn it any other place. He cannot learn it from other boys, and he cannot learn it from the world of women.”
― Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
― Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Emasculation happens in marriage as well. Women are often attracted to the wilder side of a man, but once having caught him they settle down to the task of domesticating him. Ironically, if he gives in he’ll resent her for it, and she in turn will wonder where the passion has gone.”
― Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
― Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
Mike’s 2024 Year in Books
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