Styles of Consciousness
I can sit alone by an open window for hours if I like, and hear only bird songs, and the rustle of leaves. The trees are pure gold and orange.
~ Virginia Woolf
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I know from experience that, in life, only on very few occasions do we find someone to whom we can convey our mood accurately, someone with whom we can communicate perfectly. It’s almost a miracle, or an unexpected luck, to find that person. I’m sure many die without ever finding it. And probably has nothing to do with what is usually understood by love.
~ Haruki Murakami
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Realize that you are not the mover, only the observer, and you will be at peace.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
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In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be a form of madness, too.
~ Saul Bellow
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She traveled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.
