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“Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I'm fine.”

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Denis Johnson is an American writer born on July 1, 1949. His works are known for their profound psychological insights and unique narrative style, having won numerous literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. more

“And in his heart, I think, he's now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I've said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world.”

Thinking World Believe Heart May Children Said Faces Water Darkness Sun Air Share This World Sweet Drink Breathe

Author:Douglas Coupland

“Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can't make anything come out. And in the middle of the night I lie here thinking about all this. If I don't get back on track somehow, I'm dead, that's the sense I get. There isn't a single strong emotion inside me.”

Source: Goodbye Tsugumi

“Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety.”

Feels Enough Earth Safe Safety

Book:Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems

Source: Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems

“Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.”

Way Wisdom Spirit Solitude Materialism

Author:Thomas Merton

“Faith—is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not— Too slender for the eye It bears the Soul as bold As it were rocked in Steel With Arms of Steel at either side— It joins—behind the Veil To what, could We presume The Bridge would cease to be To Our far, vacillating Feet A first Necessity.”

Firsts Soul Eye Sides Behinds Feet Arms Bears Scene Cease Bridges Steel Veils Slender

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)

“In anything that does cover the whole of your life - in your philosophy and your religion - you must have mirth. If you do not have mirth you will certainly have madness.”

Ifs Doe Philosophy Whole Madness Mirth

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.”

Should Earth Wonder Sun Mere Permanent Exception Endeavor Earthquakes Permanence Eclipse Permanent Things

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“There is a law written in the darkest of the Books of Life, and it is this: If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in frightful danger of seeing it for the first time.”

Ifs Firsts Looks Book Law Written Seeing Danger Safe Hundred First Time Nine Ninety Ninety Nine Book Of Life

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

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