If I relaxed my body now, I’d fall apart. I’ve always lived like this, and it’s the only way I know how to go on living. If I relaxed for a second, I’d never find my way back. I’d go to pieces, and the pieces would be blown away.
“Your biggest fear is not spiders or sharks—it’s you. It’s the fear of expressing who you are—lest someone actually see you.”
― Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life
― Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life
“If I relaxed my body now, I’d fall apart. I’ve always lived like this, and it’s the only way I know how to go on living. If I relaxed for a second, I’d never find my way back. I’d go to pieces, and the pieces would be blown away.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“the sad truth is that some things can’t go backwards. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can’t go back to the way they were. If even one little thing goes awry, then that’s how it will stay for ever.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
“nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“There are billions of different versions of an older you. There is one version of the present you. Focus on that.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
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