"Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of."

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Source : Rebecca Solnit (2013). “The Faraway Nearby”, p.65, Granta Books

Rebecca Solnit

#Pain Quotes #Care Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“You have to invent the future you want.”
“If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.”
“I've never met an artist whose spirit didn't want to fly.”
“In the cosmology behind psychology, there is no reason for anyone to be here or to do anything... I'am an accident - a result - and therefore a victim... if I'm only a result of past causes, then I'm a victim of those past causes.... or, if you look at it from the sociological perspective, I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result .”
“I no longer cared about survival...I merely loved.”
“Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.”
“I add a smile to everything I wear and that has worked great for me.”
“The best strategy is one that offers the highest compound return consistent with no risk of going broke.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.69, Macmillan

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