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This book is a poignant exploration of the complexities of human emotions, narrated through the entries of a personal journal. It delves into the intricacies of love and the pain of loss, offering a deeply personal and introspective look at the human experience. more

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Sylvia Brownrigg
Sylvia Brownrigg

Sylvia Brownrigg, born on December 16, 1964, is an accomplished author known for her profound insights and unique narrative style. Her works cover a range of themes, including family, society, and human nature. more

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“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. But to claim it, you must leave the buy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart.”

“we must take care of our families wherever we find them.”

“Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.”

“Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.”

“Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may again touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey-castle sequence of bumpings-into and tumblings-apart.”