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“For without you, I swear, the town Has become like a prison to me. Distraction and the mountain And the desert, all I desire.”

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Rumi

Rumi, also known as Jalal al-Din Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. His poetry is renowned for its profound philosophy, beautiful language, and strong emotions, and has had a profound impact on the world. more

“You try to be faithful And sometimes you're cruel. You are mine. Then, you leave. Without you, I can't cope. And when you take the lead, I become your footstep. Your absence leaves a void. Without you, I can't cope. You have disturbed my sleep, You have wrecked my image. You have set me apart. Without you, I can't cope.”

Trying I Can Sometimes Sleep Mines Absence Faithful Void Without You Disturbed Footsteps Being Faithful Your Absence

Author:Rumi

“Bitter your acts, bitter am I, Kindness your deeds, kindness am I, Pleasant and gentle, so you are, Fine honeyed lips and sweet talker.”

Life Kindness Sweet Fine Lips Deeds Bitter Gentle Pleasant Talkers

Author:Rumi

“Last year, when he had been staying with the Pevensies, he had managed to hear them all talking of Narnia and he loved teasing them about it. He thought of course that they were making it all up; and as he was far too stupid to make anything up himself, he did not approve of that.”

Love Years Age Lasts Courses Talking Stupid Staying Last Year Tease Narnia

Book:The voyage of the Dawn Treader

Source: The voyage of the Dawn Treader

“If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn they will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem.”

Ifs Life Is Tears Seasons Green Stem Leafs

Author:Leonard Cohen

“Love, I would later conclude, was all things to all people. Love was the breaking and healing of hearts. Love was misunderstood, love was faith, love was the promise of now that became hope for the future. Love was a rhythm, a resonance, a reverberation. Love was awkward and foolish, it was aggressive and simple and possessed of so many indefinable qualities it could never be conveyed in language. Love was being. The same gravity that relentlessly pulled at me was defied as I rose into something that became everything.”

Source: A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel

“Don’t ever stop writing. This is the way the world will find out who you are.”

World Way Writing Who You Are

Book:A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel

Source: A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel

“While it is true that many people simply can't afford to pay more for food, either in money or time or both, many more of us can. After all, just in the last decade or two we've somehow found the time in the day to spend several hours on the internet and the money in the budget not only to pay for broadband service, but to cover a second phone bill and a new monthly bill for television, formerly free. For the majority of Americans, spending more for better food is less a matter of ability than priority. p.187”

People Two Matter Lasts Found Hours Ability Pay Food Television Internet Bills Majority Phones Spending Decades Priorities Budgets Nutrition Broadband

Author:Michael Pollan

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.”

“There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It's kind of a mind-set. You want to be in this perfect mind-set before you released the ball.”

Want Mind Kind Perfect Arms Aspect Balls Staying Pins Mind Set Bowling

Author:Jeff Bridges

“Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.”

Want Life Comfort Positivity Zone Comfort Zone Comfortable Life

Author:Jack Canfield

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