“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.”
― The House of Belonging
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.”
― The House of Belonging
“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?”
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“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
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“Oh, living is so uncomfortable. Everything presses in: the body demands, the spirit never ceases, living is like being weary but being unable to sleep–living is upsetting. You can’t walk around naked, either in body or in spirit.”
― The Stream of Life
― The Stream of Life
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