

“Find the pitch and pace and syllables and words you love to hear. Delight your own senses, and self-romance.”
― Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
― Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

“When we are able to look beyond appearances and to behold that which we truly are, we recognize that our essence is interwoven with the divine and that we exist as one of its expressions.”
― Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
― Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

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Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander

“It’s a deep anguish to be abandoned by your own family. If those of your own blood forsake you are truly forsaken.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity

“You love another person not because of his virtues- that is infatuation- but in spite of his faults," he said to her. "Love has no place for idealization.”
― The Seeker: A Novel
― The Seeker: A Novel
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