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Gurung lived in a hovel attached to a cave. This was actually a fairly generous description. The cave was not one of those cathedral-like structures boasting nature’s hidden majesty. It was more the sort of place where a starving runty bear
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“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“The fair breeze blew,
The white foam flew,
And the forrow followed free.
We were the first to ever burst into the silent sea.”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The white foam flew,
And the forrow followed free.
We were the first to ever burst into the silent sea.”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.”
― Modern Man in Search of a Soul
― Modern Man in Search of a Soul
“The Hero Path
We have not even to risk the adventure alone
for the heroes of all time have gone before us.
The labyrinth is thoroughly known ...
we have only to follow the thread of the hero path.
And where we had thought to find an abomination
we shall find a God.
And where we had thought to slay another
we shall slay ourselves.
Where we had thought to travel outwards
we shall come to the center of our own existence.
And where we had thought to be alone
we shall be with all the world.”
―
We have not even to risk the adventure alone
for the heroes of all time have gone before us.
The labyrinth is thoroughly known ...
we have only to follow the thread of the hero path.
And where we had thought to find an abomination
we shall find a God.
And where we had thought to slay another
we shall slay ourselves.
Where we had thought to travel outwards
we shall come to the center of our own existence.
And where we had thought to be alone
we shall be with all the world.”
―
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