weren’t you always
distracted by expectation, as if every event
announced a beloved? (Where can you find a place
to keep her, with all the huge strange thoughts inside you
going and coming and often staying all night.)…
Tag: thinking love distraction expectation
At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—'Come out unto us.' But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTag: wisdom perspective frustration distraction
It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy them because they are too tired.
George EliotTag: education distraction
If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.
Hilary MantelTag: inspiration procrastination creativity openness distraction writers-block problem-solving
The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the temporal because of familiarity.
Augustine of HippoTag: distraction anxiety discipleship
Are you going to distract me by playing footsie?"
"Absolutely, princess," he says with a wink.
"Then I won't remember a thing."
"It's a samurai training technique," he teases, spinning the test prep book toward him. "I distract you as much as possible right now." He slides the book into his lap. "And you'll learn how to test through anything.
Tag: distraction mermaid mermaids lily sanderson fletcher quince quince-fletcher tera-lynn-childs fins fins-are-forever lily-sanderson mermaid-romance
I’d find someone else. No distractions. Men get in the way of ambition. Plus, they laugh at you when you fail
Rose Pressey BetancourtTag: men distraction
I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear.
Bret Easton EllisTag: fear life distraction alleviation
Ignorance is one of the best defense available. Distraction is a remedy.
Maulik DoshiTag: ignorance distraction defense
He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of ‘other things’.
Elisabeth ElliotTag: passion distraction
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