“Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87”
― The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
― The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
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“If you want the truth,
I’ll tell you the truth:
Listen to the secret sound,
the real sound,
which is inside you.”
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I’ll tell you the truth:
Listen to the secret sound,
the real sound,
which is inside you.”
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“You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.”
― The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
― The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
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