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“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.”
― After the Quake
― After the Quake
“We're both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We're connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me.”
― Sputnik Sweetheart
― Sputnik Sweetheart
“We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.”
― The White Witch
― The White Witch
“We usually live our lives with the belief that "I sacrifice myself for everyone else," rather than thinking that "everyone else helps me.”
― Polishing the Diamond, Enlightening the Mind: Reflections of a Korean Buddhist Master
― Polishing the Diamond, Enlightening the Mind: Reflections of a Korean Buddhist Master
“Kitsch" is a German word born in the middle of the sentimental nineteenth century, and from German is entered all Western languages. Repeated use, however, has obliterated its original metaphysical meaning: kitsch is the absolute denial of shit, in both the literal and figurative sense of the word; kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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