"So you couldn't protect yourself? The absolute erodes; the boundary, the wall around the self erodes. If I was waiting I had been invaded by time. But do you think you're free? I think I recognize the patterns of my nature. Bud do you think you're free? I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added."

-- Louise GluÌˆck

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“Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us.”

Source : Irvin D. Yalom (2012). “Love's Executioner: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy”, p.15, Basic Books
“Non-aqueous solutions don't conduct.”
“I moonlight as a singer.”
“To little men, gods send little things.”
“The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.”
“The purpose of seasonal festivals is periodically to revive the topocosm. Gaster coined this word from the Greek - topo for place and cosmos for world order. Topocosm means "the world order of a particular place." The topocosm is the entire complex of any given locality conceived as a living organism, not just the human community but the total community - the plants, animals and soils of the place. The topocosm is not only the actual and present living community but also that continuous entity of which the present community is but the current manifestation.”
“The worst part of losing good fish is that you cannot release them. They tailwalk across the back of your mind for days.”

Source : Christopher Camuto (2001). “A Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge”, p.60, University of Georgia Press
“Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.”

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