"Take what happened to me in Bali. I planned on going to Ubud, then met a man on an airplane who told me it was too touristy. He gave me an address on the other side of the island, which turned out to be a palace where I lived for four years."

-- Rita Gelman

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“Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.”
“One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8".”
“Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.”
“Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.”
“You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!”
“Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.”

Source : Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.257, Penguin
“A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.”
“I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.”

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