The natural beauty of the earth made hard for me to consider the pathetic struggle of humans on the face of it. The great release of death, I thought, was not from the bondage to our lovely planet- who could ever wish to leave this extraordinary place?- but from one another.
Valerie MartinSelf-inflicted pain has a calming effect; it clears the head, diminishes one's fascination with the ego, and most important, gives one the sense of having taken some real action against the everyday foolishness of the body and of the vagrant, willful, heedless imagination.
Valerie MartinTags: pain ego self-inflicted-pain
And it seemed to me that longing was everything, longing is all we are.
Valerie MartinWhat was the good at having an ideal if everyone is trying to beat everyone else at admitting how impossible it is to achieve it.
Valerie MartinWe long for a life we never had but of which we seem to have a clear memory; a life in wich there is no longing.
Valerie MartinThat's my problem. I'm constantly wary. I can't trust anyone.
Valerie MartinTo fear an inner life, she thought, was the greatest foolishness. It was like fearing a breath of air. Why did people find it harder to admit to a universe within than without? Why trust, for a moment, one's own absurd measurement of either?
Valerie MartinI see I have this patience to wait it out, and the truth is no matter how dark I feel I would never take my own life, because when the darkness is over, then what a blessing is the feeblest ray of light!
Valerie MartinTags: inspirational beauty light life-and-living jekyll-and-hyde
Don't be a chicken, be a cat!" said Cecil. "Be adventurous".
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