"Your body does not eliminate poisons by knowing their names. To try to control fear or depression or boredom by calling them names is to resort to superstition of trust in curses and invocations. It is so easy to see why this does not work. Obviously, we try to know, name, and define fear in order to make it â€œobjective,â€ that is, separate from â€œI."

-- Alan Watts

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“Young man: Be honest; train yourself for useful work; love God.”
“I drape a lot. I cut. I have to touch. For me, it's almost impossible to start without that.”
“I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a contamination.”
“Life is the wonder with which we are all infused.”

Source : Pearl S. Buck (2013). “The Eternal Wonder: A Novel”, p.9, Open Road Media
“It took us 6 years to get the right weapons to fight BokoHaram...”
“I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.”
“Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but its narrowness and smallness. Desire is devotion. By all means be devoted to the real, the infinite, the eternal heart of being. Transform desire into love. All you want is to be happy. All your desires, whatever they may be are expressions of your longing for happiness.”
“I live a bit outside of Stockholm and I almost never go into town. I can live anywhere, I think.”

Source : "Fever Ray". Interview with Marc Hogan, pitchfork.com. March 30, 2009.

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