How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy Ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life (Little Book. Big Idea.)
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Every time we practice kindness, compassion and unconditional acceptance of others, we are reinforcing it within and for ourselves.
“A few things are crucial to consider: First, he fucks everybody in the play.”
― Vagabond: A Memoir
― Vagabond: A Memoir
“More than anything I hope that this book resonates with you. And I can only hope that you will take away a sound belief that if you’re searching for where you belong you always have a home within yourself. The past dozen years has taught me that being a vagabond is not defined by distance traveled, or the many places I’ve called home. It is about adopting a certain attitude towards life. Much like a painter might consider what to do with a blank canvas, or a gardener with a blank space in the backyard, a vagabond looks upon the world as a field of potential and possibility, where beauty can be not just found but created, and adventure awaits any and all who are willing to seek it out.”
― Vagabond
― Vagabond
“The cruelty of life rested not only on its injustices, injuries and atrocities, but also in the randomness of it all.”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
“And my own way was to sprinkle a bit of mischief onto even my most villainous roles, just as I brought a little mischief into my encounters with my mother: doing whatever I could to make the darkness sparkle.”
― Vagabond
― Vagabond
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