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Alexandra
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“That moment is what I love most about creating something new: the idea, the spark, the beginning, where what might have been was still what might be.”
― Out of Love
― Out of Love
“I wondered how much of the feeling of love is chemicals and cravings and dependency, and how much of the act of love is habit.”
― Out of Love
― Out of Love
“Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.”
― BAUDELAIRE - the Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
― BAUDELAIRE - the Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
“Don't be ridiculous,' said Maya, 'You can't fail at a relationship. That's like getting off of a roller coaster and saying you failed because the ride is over. Things end. That doesn't mean the experience wasn't worth it.”
― Out of Love
― Out of Love
“A farmer is sitting on his porch in a chair, hanging out.
A friend walks up to the porch to say hello, and hears an awful yelping, squealing sound coming from inside the house.
"What's that terrifyin' sound?" asks the friend.
"It's my dog," said the farmer. "He's sittin' on a nail."
"Why doesn't he just sit up and get off it?" asks the friend.
The farmer deliberates on this and replies:
"Doesn't hurt enough yet.”
― The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
A friend walks up to the porch to say hello, and hears an awful yelping, squealing sound coming from inside the house.
"What's that terrifyin' sound?" asks the friend.
"It's my dog," said the farmer. "He's sittin' on a nail."
"Why doesn't he just sit up and get off it?" asks the friend.
The farmer deliberates on this and replies:
"Doesn't hurt enough yet.”
― The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
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