Anna Patrick's Blog, page 123
August 5, 2016
"I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting..."
“I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting for something to happen to me, something that will change everything, something that my whole life has been leading up to.”
- Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
- Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
August 4, 2016
"It’s never the changes we want that change everything."
“It’s never the changes we want that change everything.”
- Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."
“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Friedrich Nietzsche
August 3, 2016
"It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could..."
“It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.”
- Jeffrey Eugenides
- Jeffrey Eugenides
August 2, 2016
"Some people do not even want to look at a person when the person is alive, but when the person dies..."
“Some people do not even want to look at a person when the person is alive, but when the person dies they write eloquent obituaries and make offerings of flowers. At that point the person has died and cannot really enjoy the fragrance of the flowers anymore. If we really understood and remembered that life was impermanent, we would do everything we could to make the other person happy right here and right now.”
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Thich Nhat Hanh
"The heart acts as a translator between mystical experience and intelligence."
“The heart acts as a translator between mystical experience and intelligence.”
- Rumi
- Rumi
