"Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity."

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Source : Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.295, Penguin

Anne Lamott

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“Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can't explain But I faithfully remain.”
“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.”
“All art is erotic. The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin. It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down. A vertical stroke: the male who penetrates her.”
“There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write well than it is to take out the garbage.”
“Colin Meads is the kind of player you expect to see emerging from a ruck with the remains of a jockstrap between his teeth.”
“I glanced up at him. "I love things that are beautiful when you don't expect them to be.”

Source : Elizabeth Chandler (2010). “The Back Door of Midnight”, p.108, Simon and Schuster
“Remember that life is short and death is long.”
“A crowd is not merely impulsive and mobile. Like a savage, it is not prepared to admit that anything can come between its desire and the realisation of its desire.”

Source : Gustave Le Bon (2012). “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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