‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams,’ Thoreau had said. ‘Live the life you’ve imagined.’
“I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”
― I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
― I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
― Solstice
― Solstice
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Clippings from My Notebook
― Clippings from My Notebook
“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
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