#ura

If you are forced to confront your fears on a daily basis, they disintegrate, like illusions when viewed up close. Maybe being always protected made me more fearful, and I would later dip cautiously into the outside world, never allowing myself to be submerged completely, and always jerking back into the familiarity of my own life when my senses were overwhelmed. For years I would stand with a foot in each sphere, drawn to the exotic universe that lay on the other side of the portal, wrenched back by the warnings that sounded like alarm bells in my mind. ↗

— Deborah Feldman

#courage-in-life #fear #fear-of-living #freedom #courage

Se non hai paura di una cosa, allora quella cosa impara a stare lontana da te, perché capisce che più di tanto non riesce a danneggiarti, e con tutta la gente danneggiabile che c'è in giro non è che si mette a perdere tempo con uno che non l'apprezza. ↗

— Diego De Silva

#paura #people #vita #life

Allow yourself to flow in the silence, heal in the silence, love in the silence, regain your freedom in the silence, find your happiness, sense of self and enlightenment in the silence.” - Excerpt from Silence, in the book the Hidden Path. ↗

— Inshan Meahjohn

#god #grace #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #light

All my life I've lived with a future which constantly diminishes but never vanishes. ↗

— Mark Doty

#encouraging #life

You must have been working very hard here, with so few distractions.” Mary’s eyes darkened and she looked away. “Not quite as much as I hoped for. At times the loneliness and the unanswered questions can get overwhelming, like very loud voices echoing inside my head, just asking ‘why’ ‘who’ and making me think about my wasted life. ↗

— Olga Núñez Miret

#fbi #police-procedural #psychiatry #rape #serial-killer

And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love,that trust. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#kisten #rachel-morgan #romance #supernatural #vampire

Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

#encourage #encouraging #succeed #success #success

Live and learn, or you don't live long. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#love

Blue cheese contains natural amphetamines. Why are students not informed about this? ↗

— Mark E. Smith

#blue #cheese #contains #informed #natural

His soul's fabric was weaving itself with mine. I loved the frayed ends where it came unraveled, and I loved the strength at its firm, solid center. I loved every thread. ↗

— Jeri Smith-Ready

#shine #love