Not Being Empty
“It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
Image: Nowhere – Daniel Jensen
Tag: live
Memories
“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
― Haruki Murakami
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You Never Got Used to It
“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
Image: Yury Orlov
Love and Affection
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
― Sharon Salzberg
Image: Rodolfo Sanches Carvalho
Better Shape
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
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One’s Courage
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
― Anais Nin
Dwell on the Beauty of Life
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars and see yourself running with them.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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You couldn’t Relive Your Life
“You couldn’t relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole–like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O’Nan, The Odds: A Love Story
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Ceased to Live
“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
― Mark Twain
Live Your Life
“People aren’t born good or bad. Maybe they’re born with tendencies either way, but it’s the way you live your life that matters.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass