Mudra

“I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

“Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it’s silent, tranquil, and gentle; it’s a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love.”
― Isabel Allende, The Japanese Lover

“What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love."

I didn't think that this was true, my seventeen years of experience had shown this to be much more false than true, but it was like every other thought and belief of Finny's: it should have been true.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

“Because, unfamiliar with the absence of fear and what that was like, I have not been able to identify its presence.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace