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The Seven Storey Mountain

Three unforgettable Brautigan masterpieces reissued in a one-volume omnibus edition. REVENGE OF THE LAWN: Originally published in 1971, these bizarre flashes of insight and humor cover everything from "A High Building in Singapore" to the "Pe

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“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”

— Thomas Merton, amazon.com

Tagged: Suffering, Avoidance

“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”

— Thomas Merton, amazon.com

Tagged: Face Your Problems, Struggle, Hurting

“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”

— Thomas Merton, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Suffering, Pain, Resilience, INFP

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.”

— Thomas Merton, amazon.com