"I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back."

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Source : Robyn Davidson (1992). “From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company

Robyn Davidson

#Feelings Quotes #Sinking Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition.”
“Most experiences provoke a transformation in you. So, when you live something, live it fully because you never know when this is going to happen again and not only that, if it even happens again, it will not have the same impact.”
“The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.”
“I don't know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined.”
“Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.”
“When reality becomes unbearable, the mind must withdraw from it and create a world of artificial perfection. Plato's world of pure Ideas and Forms, which alone is to be considered as real, whereas the world of nature which we perceive is merely its cheap Woolworth copy, is a flight into delusion.”
“Happy 60th Birthday, good buddy. How are you dealing with your awful debility, lessened utility and loss of mobility?”
“I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.”

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