"At the simplicity of the gesture, he felt a pang: the raw nerve of his loneliness exposed."

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Source : Maile Meloy (2010). “Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It”, p.161, Canongate Books

Maile Meloy

#Loneliness Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Nerves Quotes

“No one is offended at not seeing everything; but one does not like to be mistaken, and that perhaps arises from the fact that man naturally cannot see everything, and that naturally he cannot err in the side he looks at, since the perceptions of our senses are always true.”
“Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador lived through times of cruel and ruthless capitalism where the workers, the masses of the population, saw themselves living in a precarious state of employment and subsistence conditions. The impact of this reality took hold and impacted the evolution of the social situation of those countries and even though that produced movements that were not exactly political movements but social movements.”
“Truth springs from argument amongst friends.”
“The part of my brain that was responsible for creating the world I lived and moved in and for taking the raw data that came in through my senses and fashioning it into a meaningful universe: that part of my brain was down, and out. And yet despite all of this, I had been alive, and aware, truly aware, in a universe characterized above all by love, consciousness, and reality. There was, for me, simply no arguing this fact. I knew it so completely that I ached.”

Source : Eben Alexander (2012). “Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife”, p.130, Simon and Schuster
“There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.”
“Once again, when you upgrade sensations from an addiction to a preference, you can enjoy things such as gourmet food and music, without having your happiness depend on them.”
“I'd like to share my experiences and the lessons I've learned and hopefully create some amazing, fun courses.”
“There is no job feels as lonely as that of a fighter but there is also no bond closer than the one he shares with his corner.”

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