“There’s a Hasidic proverb: ‘While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.’” Jacob”
― Here I Am
― Here I Am
“Sometimes feelings are like that - not positive, not negative, just a lot.”
― Here I Am
― Here I Am
“Because they were young. Because one is young only once in a life lived only once. Because recklessness is the only fist to throw at nothingness. How much aliveness can one bear?”
― Here I Am
― Here I Am
“the desire to wring out a few more drips of happiness almost always destroyed the happiness you were so lucky to have, and so foolish never to acknowledge.”
― Here I Am
― Here I Am
“I've raised my voice at a human only twice in my entire life. Both times at the same human. Put differently: I've known only one human in my entire life. Put differently: I've allowed only one human to know me.”
― Here I Am
― Here I Am
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