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“When every inch of the world is known, sleep may be the only wilderness that we have left.”

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Louise Erdrich is an American writer known for her unique literary style and profound depiction of Native American culture. Her works blend elements of ethnicity, history, and literature, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“We only feel dehumanized when we get trapped in the derogatory images of other people or thoughts of wrongness about ourselves. As author and mythologist Joseph Campbell suggested, "'What will they think of me?' must be put aside for bliss." We begin to feel this bliss when messages previously experienced as critical or blaming begin to be seen for the gifts they are: opportunities to give to people who are in pain.”

People Thinking Giving Feels Pain Opportunity Messages Blame Critical Bliss Trapped Nonviolent Communication Think Of Me Derogatory

Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg

“I can see that you're in love, but only in a very narrow sense. It's the love of someone that finds charms and qualities in a woman that she doesn't actually have, who puts her in a class apart with every one else in second place, and who stays attached to her even while he's abusing her.”

I Can Quality Class Charm Second Place

Author:Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

“There are two kinds of knowledge, local and universal.”

Kind Two Universal Locals

Book:The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin

Source: The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin

“Justice and mercy/ Are human dreams, they do not concern the birds nor the fish nor eternal God.”

Humans Dream Justice Eternal Bird Concern Mercy Fishes Justice And Mercy

Book:The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

Source: The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

“Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.”

Humans Important Helping Language Conditions Human Condition

Book:Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

Source: Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

“A shadowless man is a monster, a devil, a thing of evil. A man without a shadow is soulless. A shadow without a man is a pitiable shred. Yet together, light and dark, they make a whole.”

Men Whole Light Together Evil Dark Devil Shadow Monsters Light And Dark Soulless

Book:Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

Source: Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

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