

“We are never at home, we are always beyond. Fear, desire, hope, project us toward the future and steal from us the consideration of what is, to busy us with what will be, even when we shall no longer be."
-from "Our feelings reach out beyond us”
― The Complete Essays
-from "Our feelings reach out beyond us”
― The Complete Essays

“Friendship was witnessing another’s slow drip of miseries, and long bouts of boredom, and occasional triumphs. It was feeling honored by the privilege of getting to be present for another person’s most dismal moments, and knowing that you could be dismal around him in return.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life

“Courage of the heart is very rare,” she said with sudden calm. “Let it guide you.”
― Throne of Glass
― Throne of Glass
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