"There's a depth of meaning all on its own in awareness being gentled. From within the subtlety of being gentled, the level of perception changes. Instead of perceiving the obviousness of experience, you're able as awareness to perceive most subtle meaning."

-- John de Ruiter

#Perception Quotes #Depth Quotes #Obviousness Quotes

“The mountains paralleled the valley and the snowy peaks were extending with fall to the valley floor.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (1986). “Nobody's Angel”, Vintage
“Again the pressure pushes me in the chair, shuts my eyes. I notice the dark red tongues of the flame outside the windows. I'm trying to memorize, fix all the feelings, the peculiarities of this descending, to tell those, who will be conquering space after me.”
“Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.”
“Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.”
“You don't have friends in here, you'll soon come to understand that. You get attached to someone, then you'll just lose them. They'll get shanked or they'll jump or they'll be taken one night.”

Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.48, Faber & Faber
“The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower the one who is watching and whose growth is not yet completed, whose path is not at all clear, whose direction is still very much up in the proverbial air.”
“Too many people have a wonderful dream and just talk about it rather than do something about it.”
“Writing is so hard. And then, sometimes, it is so bewilderingly easy.”

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