“His chief form of entertainment was reading. The last moments he was in a cabin were usually spent scanning bookshelves and nightstands. The life inside a book always felt welcoming to Knight. It pressed no demands on him, while the world of actual human interactions was so complex. Conversations between people can move like tennis games, swift and unpredictable. There are constant subtle visual and verbal cues, there's innuendo, sarcasm, body language, tone. Everyone occasionally fumbles an encounter, a victim of social clumsiness. It's part of being human. To Knight, it all felt impossible. His engagement with the written word might have been the closest he could come to genuine human encounters. The stretch of days between thieving raids allowed him to tumble into the pages, and if he felt transported he could float in bookworld, undisturbed, for as long as he pleased.” PeopleWorldBookReadingGamesImpossibleWrittenHumanVictimConstantEntertainmentGenuineToneEncountersTennisSubtleSarcasmEngagementUnpredictableWordBody LanguageConversationsComplexBookshelvesInnuendoEncounterDemandsInteractionsVerbalWelcomingVisualFloatCabinPleasedSwiftTumbleCuesThievingRaidsTransportedUndisturbedFumblesBookworldNightstandsSocial Clumsiness Book:The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Source: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
“If the giddiness of life and the pressure of time might make us tumble from our tight line, let us inhale the wisdom of our inspiration and reshape our “inner void” into an “inner space” and refurbish it with the fundamental, vital particles of our everyday experience. ("One drink after work.")” WisdomInspirationInhaleTumbleInner SpaceReshapeGiddinessInner VoidPressure Of TimeTight Line Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Climb without ropes and tumble into paradise.” DeathMountainSafetyParadiseOshaCrashDieClimbTumbleRopes Author:Steven Magee
“One way to stay humble is to take a tumble.” HumorPeaceHumilityPrideLaughterHumbleModestyFall DownTumbleFall Down And Get Back Up Author:Independent Zen
“Take a tumble to stay humble.” HumorPeaceHumilityPrideLaughterHumbleModestyTumbleFall Down And Get Back UpTags Fall Down Author:Independent Zen
“When we fail to reflect on the undercurrents of the circumstances of our life, we may have permanent misgivings about the quality of our interpretations. A lucid reading of our acts and our desires helps us to avoid tumbling into a frustrating gap between what we expect and what others expect. (“Alors, tout a basculé”)” LifeReadingQualityCircumstancesPermanentDesiresFrustratingFailActOthersWeAvoidExpectMisgivingsGapLucidInterpretationsTumbleUndercurrentReflect On Author:Erik Pevernagie
“Guess life is really a road marked by crossroads. It's not the long and winding stretches that will hurt you the most. It's the crossroads. You make a bad choice and it's a tumble and a rumble before you get back on your feet again. But you'll get back on your feet. You'll find yourself. And then you'll be off to your next adventure (crossroads, I mean). In my case, I always had a safety net—my faith in God. But then, I'm more like the millions of simple folk who travel this world.” WorldLifeLongGodFaithHurtSimpleFeetTravelChoiceBadRoadCrossroadsSafety NetBackRumbleFolkTumbleWinding Author:Psyche Roxas-Mendoza