"Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Struggle Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Encounters Quotes

“The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize.”
“Well, I have my immortal soul. At least, I'm pretty sure I didn't misplace it somewhere along the way.”
“I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.”
“Women and men are constructed differently, cosmically differently, never mind the physiognomy, but the cosmic memory we carry within us. The purposes we serve, the things that drive us, the things that are important to us are basically different.”
“Aura of the mysterious is a minor perversion that a couple shares. A fetish that one of the two partners finds arousing, or a particular sexual scenario. Fantasies have to remain dirty. Cleanliness, scrupulousness and rationality are poison for eroticism.”
“Love is not about two people doing things similar. It is about two people doing things differently to cover one another's flaws, and making it a perfect whole.”
“Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise.”
“Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other.”

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