"The individuation of dharma practice occurs whenever priority is given to the resolution of a personal existential dilemma over the need to conform to the doctrines of a Buddhist orthodoxy. Individuation is a process of recovering personal authority through freeing ourselves from the constraints of collectively held belief systems."

-- Stephen Batchelor

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“Travelling so much, sometimes my luggage goes astray. But I can get the right stuff sent to me overnight by a special shipper. No big deal.”
“The one who loves least controls the relationship.”
“Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.”
“The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways.”
“I enjoy playing it every time I step on the course.”
“This world is out of date”

Source : Kamila Shamsie (2011). “Kartography”, p.5, A&C Black
“Old people don't need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use.”
“It was strange how the heart clung to hope even when there was no reasonable basis for it, Morgan found. And how life went on.”

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