But never delude yourself into believing that you require someone else’s blessing (or even their comprehension) in order to make your own creative work.
Bravery means doing something scary. Fearlessness means not even understanding what the word scary means.
Because what my gradmother did with her fine coat (the loveliest thing she would ever own) is what all women of that generation (and before) did for their families and their husbands and their childre...
Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure.Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one....This is the cause of that great sad American stereotype-...
You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because, when you do, it becomes a tendency and it happens over and over again. You must practice staying strong, instead.
Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.
I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a re...
¿Cómo consiguen los supervivientes de una relación soportar el sufrimiento de un asunto inacabado? Desde
Since when did creativity become a suffering contest?
Say, this is literally a pedestrian
Ones who will be making any decisions along the way. I recognize and respect that you are part of this family, and so I will never exclude you from our activities, but still—your suggestions will neve...
How I choose to handle myself as a writer is entirely my own choice. I can make my creativity into a killing field, or I can make it into a really interesting cabinet of curiosities. I can even make i...
For you, I am even willing to suffer. Whatever pain happens to us in the future, I accept it already, just for the pleasure of being with you now. Let’s enjoy this time. It’s marvelous.
A fight in the courts would be infinitely more expensive and time-consuming, not to mention soul-corroding.
Your tears are my prayers.
Your father only has one foot on this earth. And really, really long legs . . .
You study Yoga in India, Liss? he asks. Yes, Ketut. You can do Yoga, he says, but Yoga too hard. Here, he contorts himself in a cramped lotus position and squinches up his face in a comical and consti...
Yoga is the effort to experience one's divinity personally and then to hold on to that experience forever.
Why is a hard question to answer in any langauage.
We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the whole time. Your treasure--your perfection--is within you already...