#it

To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#privacy #solitude #solitude

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#writing #solitude

What does he say?' he asked. 'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘because he thinks that you’re going to die.' 'Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#solitude

Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#christianity #faith #feelings #identity #rejection

It tastes like somebody stole my wallet. Ya know? ↗

— Gerard Way

#ya

Do all of you think we have fleas?" Decebel asked as he looked at Jen and Sally. "I think we just make an assumption because of the hair and what not, that you, ya know, might have a problem with the little buggers when you in your wolf form. ↗

— Quinn Loftis

#decebel #jen #ya

I have more faith in my bra than I have in my accountant. ↗

— Laurie Notaro

#laurie-notaro #faith

For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#god #faith

Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#adversity

Sweet are the uses of adversity Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #adversity