"After all: who doesn’t wish to make a spectacle of his loneliness?"
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss (via fromliterature)
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss (via fromliterature)
"And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth."
“Late Fragment” by Raymond Carver (via ledesespoirlamiroir)
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth."
“Late Fragment” by Raymond Carver (via ledesespoirlamiroir)
"When people use spiritual practice to try to compensate for feelings of alienation and low self-esteem, they corrupt the true nature of spiritual practice. Instead of loosening the manipulative ego that tries to control its experience, they strengthen it, and their spiritual practice remains unintegrated with the rest of their life."
John Welwood, “The Psychology of Awakening” (via tricycle-tumbles)
John Welwood, “The Psychology of Awakening” (via tricycle-tumbles)
"You’ve felt it, haven’t you? Those feelings that seem to get so big in your chest, like something is so beautiful it aches?"
Heather Anastasiu, Glitch (via sunflowerlittletwist)
Heather Anastasiu, Glitch (via sunflowerlittletwist)
(Source: larmoyante)
