"It's said that when we die, the four elements - earth, air, fire and water - dissolve one by one, each into the other, and finally just dissolve into space. But while we're living, we share the energy that makes everything, from a blade of grass to an elephant, grow and live and then inevitably wear out and die. This energy, this life force, creates the whole world."

-- Pema Chodron

#Life Quotes #Air Quotes #Elephants Quotes

“People tell me they idolise me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a very tortured soul.”
“My day job finds me in a double-bind often, and it's an ideal position for anyone interested in becoming highly reactive.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both brothers learned to identify with absence. Consequently, even if something beneficial fortuitously entered their lives they immediately treated it as temporary. By the time they were teenagers they were already accustomed to a discontinuous lifestyle marked by constant threats of abandonment and the lack of any emotional stability. Unfortunately, "accustomed to" here is really synonymous with "damaged by.”

Source : Mark Z. Danielewski (2000). “Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves”
“Have fun, be yourself, enjoy life and stay positive.”
“Malina looked incredulous. "Are you anything more than a Druid?" "Of course I am. I own this shop and I play a mean game of chess, and I've been told that I'm a frakkin' Cylon." "What's a frakkin' Cylon?" "I don't know, but it sounds really scary when you say it with a Polish Accent.”
“...if a child waited to speak until all the grown-ups settled down and gave her some room to say her piece, the most important things would never get said.”

Source : Katherine Hannigan (2011). “Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World”, p.26, Harper Collins
“I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.”
“Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be.”

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