"The human soul is not framed for continued proximity, and the result of this enforced neighbourhood is often an appalling loneliness for which the rules of the game forbid assuagement."

-- Iris Murdoch

#Loneliness Quotes #Games Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Let the living live; and you, gather together your thoughts, leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas; you will be most useful so.”
“I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?”
“Iâ€™ve had to make the difficult decision to follow my intuition, and allow myself the space and time to explore my true purpose in life.”
“I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.”
“The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.”

Source : Heinrich Heine (1866). “Pictures of Travel”, p.465
“And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.”
“One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are. Thatâ€™s not considered to be a problem. The point is to see it.”
“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. Itâ€™s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day itâ€™s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”

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