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How slowly one comes to understand anything!


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We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.



Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.



Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.



What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.



We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.



The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.



The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.



There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.



A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.



It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.





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I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted.

I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted.



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When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.



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