#peri

I want you to learn the lesson of the lotus. This flower springs forth from muddy waters. It raises its delicate petals to the sun and perfumes the world while, at the same time, its roots cling to the elemental muck, the very essence of the mortal experience. Without that soil, the flower would wither and die. ↗

— Colleen Houck

#experience

Stop trying to 'fix' yourself; you're NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#fix #happiness #imperfect #life #perfect

When the shadow of the sash appeared on the curtains it was between seven and eight o' clock and then I was in time again, hearing the watch. It was Grandfather's and when Father gave it to me he said I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; it's rather excruciating-ly apt that you will use it to gain the reducto absurdum of all human experience which can fit your individual needs no better than it fitted his or his father's. I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. ↗

— William Faulkner

#experience

No matter what happened, he was Dex and I was Perry and that combination only led to trouble. ↗

— Karina Halle

#honesty #romance #experience

There is no such thing as a good call at 7 AM. It's been my experience that all calls between the hours of 11 PM and 9 AM are disaster calls. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#night #phone #plum #sleep #stephanie

Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to New Zealand. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#experience #hobbies #reading #travel #experience

I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#snow #experience

A lot of the conflict you have in your life exists simply because you're not living in alignment; you're not be being true to yourself. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #inspirational #life #self-knowledge #true-to-yourself

When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#experience

Cats were not, in her experience, an animal with much soul. Prosaic, practical little creatures as a general rule. It would suit her very well to be thought catlike. ↗

— Gail Carriger

#experience