The best religion or practice is the one that makes us better. (42)
An interesting practice that combines mindfulness and refraining is just to notice your physical movements when you feel uncomfortable.
The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.
Here, I stole it for you. Why don’t you tell me what it’s for.” “Aw, Sophronia, how thoughtful. You brought me a present!
This idea comes to you, you can see it, but to accomplish it you need what I call a "setup." For example, you may need a working shop or a working painting studio. You may beed a working music studio. Or a computer room where you can write something....
He began to talk about the fact that race was not only a construct but a scientific error along the magnitude of the error that the world was flat. . . 'And when they discover their mistake, I mean, truly discover it, it'll be as big as when they lea...
Mind Your Language in the Presence of Patriachs Q. When is rape not rape? A. When it is your father or stepfather.
Sergei doesn’t yearn for love…he thirsts for domination, and now he has finally achieved it.
you will perhaps miss the part of you that is gone but do not fear: all is for the best in the world and soon you will not realize it is gone: you have either forgotten it entirely or it has come back alive
I knew you"d never be American enough to help me reconstruct my life.
I didn’t like his tone. In fact I didn’t like boys’ tone when they knew they were hot and tried to be rude to girls because they knew they were hot.
In any serious relationship, if you don't gather your partner's opinion before making a decision that impacts you both, you're just storing up trouble for the future.
I think we place the wrong emphasis upon examples, that we're treading on very weak ground when we set ourselves up as examples for others to become religious. If people are going to look at me for religious guidance, then I think they're looking in ...
Like any dissidents they were neurotic archivists. Agree, disagree, show no interest in or obsess over their narrative of history, you couldn't say their didn't shore it up with footnotes and research.
I want you to want me the way I want you. I want you to come to me and tell me that. Then I want you to show me it’s true. - Duke Kylemore to Verity Ashton -
Staring over him in the dim light of a side lamp, my tired eyes traced along the path of faint, yet emerging, lines etched around his equally-tired eyes. They'd become a permanent reminder of his ever-smiling face, and I wished–even after all of th...
Quise vivir un cuento dentro de mi tragedia y no recordé que los cuentos son cortos.
En cierto modo, en esas experiencias pude ver el lado bueno de las palabras crueles; las palabras que usaron para extinguir mis sueños me hicieron cicatrices, de eso no hay duda. Pero en esas cicatrices decidí ver caminos blancos—sonrisas de luna...
And if you must sacrifice yourself, do that by marrying me. I’m not an easy man. You’ll earn your martyr’s crown before you’re done. Don’t condemn both of us to an eternity of unhappiness just because you’re too stiff-necked to face socie...
Okay, you won our shitty little argument. Pass the world.
The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did.
