"When he wakes sometimes from dark dreams of broken cradles, and compasses without bearings, he pushes the unease down, lets the daylight contradict it. And isolation lulls him with the music of the lie."

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Source : M. L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

M. L. Stedman

#Dream Quotes #Lying Quotes #Dark Quotes

“In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.”
“The sheer volume of evidence for survival after death is so immense that to ignore it is like standing at the foot of Mount Everest and insisting that you cannot see the mountain.”
“Spiritual nature is inconceivable and unlimited. Therefore, the activities of that realm will always remain beyond our mental speculation and intellectual concept.”

Source : "Questions And Answers With His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami" by Ramananda Raya Das, www.bhakticharuswami.com. February 6, 2011.
“To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate.”
“You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.”
“Believing your own bullshit is always a perilous activity, but never more fatal than for the owner of a start-up venture.”
“Whenever I see a cut of a film and something is gone, I don't notice it unless it obviously should have been kept.”
“But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts, child. Use the beauty, the courage, the hope and the love that is in you. Call upon your strength. Use compassion and faith. Even during sad times joy is within you. Bring it forth. Wisdom is there to guide you. Use any one of your gifts and you will rouse the power of your healing place. Use all of them and you will sustain it.”

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