"You have to protect yourself from sadness. Sadness is very close to hate. Let me tell you this. This..."

“You have to protect yourself from sadness. Sadness is very close to hate. Let me tell you this. This is the thing I learned. If you take in somene else’s poison- thinking you can cure them by sharing it- you will instead store it within you.”

- Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (via bookmania)