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“We live in all we seek. The hidden shows up in too-plain sight. It lives captive on the face of the obvious—the people, events, and things of the day—to which we as sophisticated children have long since become oblivious. What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color.”

“Dancing is no mere expression; it is an achievement. Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav noticed that if the dancers could persuade a melancholy person to join them, his sadness would lift. And if you are that melancholy person, he taught, persuade yourself to dance, for it is an ‘achievement to struggle and pursue that sadness, bringing it into joy.’”

“‘Throughout my whole life,’ he noted later, ‘during every minute of it, the world has been gradually lighting up and blazing before my eyes until it has come to surround me, entirely lit up from within.’”

The squishing of the eyes is a lot for me to handle

Found it!

I can’t find my book anywhere. If anyone sees it plz lmk!!!

Idk I kinda be thinking ab this a lot:

“He was afraid, but to his astonishment, he saw that, as in the light of a lamp, even his fear had been accepted in the eyes of Jesus.
So Simon left everything behind, in order that nothing might be lost.”

“D’you remember what I said last night about you not knowing who you are? It was a stupid thing to say.”
“Not so stupid. But maybe we don’t need to be in such a rush to figure ourselves out. Just to exist as a human being is phenomenal. Maybe all I need to know is what God allows me to see.”
“So, what do you see?”

“Blessed be thou in thy pure heart! Holiness is not to get oneself stoned by the Turks, or to kiss a leper on the mouth, but to obey promptly God’s commands. Whether it be to stay where we are, or to ascend higher.”

“The act of living is different all through. Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.”