Quotes added on Thursday, October 6 2016
“
I
have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am
still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one
of our more stupid propensities, for is there anything more
stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one
would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet
to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has
eaten our hearts away?—Voltaire
”
“
Balance is
key. In everything you do. Dance all night long and practice
yoga the next day. Drink wine but don’t forget your green
juice. Eat chocolate when your heart wants it and kale salad
when your body needs it. Wear high heels on Saturday and walk
barefoot on Sunday. Go shopping at the mall and then sit down
and meditate in your bedroom. Live high and low. Move and stay
still. Embrace all sides of who you are and live your authentic
truth! Be brave and bold and spontaneous and loud and let that
complement your abilities to find silence and patience and
modesty and peace. Aim for balance. Make your own rules and
don’t let anybody tell you how to live according to
theirs.
—Rachel Brathen
—Rachel Brathen
“
The
spectacular truth is — and this is something that your DNA
has known all along— the very atoms of your body —
the iron, calcium, phosphorus, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and on
and on — were initially forged in long-dead stars. This is
why, when you stand outside under a moonless, country sky, you
feel some ineffable tugging at your innards. We are star stuff.
Keep looking up.
”
“
Listen
to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living
for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories
depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave;
be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for
you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food
itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your
reason.
”
she craved solitude but she hated loneliness, a conundrum
that she couldn’t even begin to solve.
