“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess
When did you feel your
most euphoric kiss?
Was I the source
of your greatest bliss?”
―
When did you feel your
most euphoric kiss?
Was I the source
of your greatest bliss?”
―
“Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gaps”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“To sober up seems to many like making life “so serious,” as if seriousness precluded joy, warmth, spontaneity and fun. But there can be a delusional, blind quality to non-sober festivities. To have our eyes open soberly with all our senses and memory intact allows some of the most rewarding, soul-nourishing, and long-lasting pleasures possible.”
― Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
― Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
“But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved.”
― The Time Keeper
― The Time Keeper
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