“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“how many would have guessed that our favourite activities would not be fiery political meetings, masked orgies, philosophical debates, hunting wild boar or surfing monstrous waves, but shopping and watching other people pretending to enjoy themselves?”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
“Pretend you’re on wartime rations, and eat only the humblest of home cooking for a week – you’ll want to plan your meals and maybe do an initial shop for ingredients. Then make a date to go out for ice cream during this period.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
“...travel is ultimately about creating a contrast with everyday life, thereby refreshing your mind and making time seem more spacious.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
“Sometimes when you are feeling drenched by the details of your own life, it's time to pack a suitcase for your myopia and sent it on holiday.
Look up. There is so infinity much more matter than you out there, hurling forth glowing plumes, imploding into vortexes, converging into gaseous balls, then shattering into incandescent rain. It is endless and eternal and entropic and generative and holy in the most religion-irrelevant sense of the word.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
Look up. There is so infinity much more matter than you out there, hurling forth glowing plumes, imploding into vortexes, converging into gaseous balls, then shattering into incandescent rain. It is endless and eternal and entropic and generative and holy in the most religion-irrelevant sense of the word.”
― The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
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