Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.
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When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.
The fire blazing in her dark and injured heart seemed to glow around her like a flame.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.
All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.
We’re talking about the novel, right? But maybe we’re not. We’re talking about ourselves. And I guess that’s what can start to happen when you talk about a book.
Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?
For myself I am too heavy, and for you too light.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.
We attract to ourselves what we hold inside. Every circumstance, every person, and every situation that we attract and experience is based on what is inside of us. Your life is a reflection of what you hold inside you, and what you hold inside you is always under your control.
I didn’t dare think of the future; the past was still happening.
Philosophical reflection is a bad idea because, if you think you can find some basis for why you should live, why you should be moral, why you should do what you do – any kind of rational basis, you discover finally that there is no basis. You can always keep saying, ‘Why? Why? Why?’, until you unde…
‘We hurt ourselves much more than anyone can hurt us just by believing the stupid thoughts we get sometimes.
You have looked at your naked reflection, stood tall, and said aloud, ‘I’m not that bad.'
Trying to make sense of your life is trying to see if the old story checks out, if the person you once were would be happy with the life they lead today. You're looking for answers in people that don't exist.
A smart woman knows that when she looks at herself in the mirror, it is never about what’s right or wrong or not enough. But instead she sees a precious person who is alive and whole and worth so much more than the sum of her parts... She’s proud of being a woman and all what it entails.
You will get the man who is perfect for you, but first you have to declare it. Every morning that you wake up after you look in the mirror at the sexiest woman in the world, tell your reflection: I Want Something Serious!