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“We live in a society that regards death as a defeat for medical science rather than a part of life. In a culture that allows little place for death in the public area, grief becomes a private affair, viewed as a luxury we cannot afford.”
― Minun sienipolkuni - sienestyksen parantava vaikutus
― Minun sienipolkuni - sienestyksen parantava vaikutus
“Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write”
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
― Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
“To love someone is to grant him or her the gift of one’s pure and undivided attention, without preconceived expectations of what the other person needs, what we imagine to be best in the situation, what particular results we want to engineer.”
― The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
― The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
“Whereas it (modern science) does say that we are an accident in an indifferent universe, it also says that we are a rare accident and thus not pointless.”
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“In white culture, forgiveness is synonymous with letting go. In my culture, I believe we carry pain until we can reconcile with it through ceremony. Pain is not framed like a problem with a solution. I don’t even know that white people see transcendence the way we do. I’m not sure that their dichotomies apply to me.”
― Heart Berries
― Heart Berries
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