"And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and live. In the dust of desertion. Still falling where last I loved."

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Source : J. P. Donleavy (2007). “The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B”, p.299, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

J. P. Donleavy

#Pain Quotes #Lost Love Quotes #Fall Quotes

“Writing does not numb, comfort, or soothe me. It does the opposite. It tends to excite me and reinscribe pain. It doesn't function as exorcism.”
“People are sheepish when they approach me.”
“I had my group of friends, you know, like my real group of friends, and then I had, like, party friends.”
“For example, a few years ago, a great French philosopher, Roger Garaudy, wrote a scientific book. He did not offend, curse, or insult anyone. He wrote a scientific research of an academic nature, in which he discussed the alleged Jewish Holocaust in Germany. He proved that this Holocaust is a myth.”
“We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.”
“Being flirty is a way of letting a guy know you're interested without making a fool out of yourself.”
“My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Engagement is the conscious inhabitation of your body and mind. Practice is happening when your open awareness is moving with, in and through your embodied activity. Intrinsic to practice is your conscious participation with your life. Engagement is the conduction of your free and open awareness through your activities, whatever they may be.”

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