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there should be more options than suffering via employment and suffering via unemployment

فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ

He knew what was in their heart, so He bestowed a comforting calm upon them.

—  Surah Al-Fath [48:18]

they need to invent a running away & never coming back that doesn’t affect your life

you can never please everybody. when you stand up for yourself, there will be people who think you’re overreacting or being a jerk. when you try your best to be kind to everyone you meet, there will be people who think you’re being fake or that you desperately want to be liked. you won’t ever be able to be the best version of yourself if you live for other people, because that ‘best version’ is entirely subjective and therefore impossible to embody. be your personal best, your personal favorite, and you’ll attract people who will see you that way as well.

there is soooo much beauty in being a good person 

kind of weird how parts of your soul are left in various locations without any warning… like yes i’m always at the top of that hill, sitting at the bus stop, in the cool light of the Japanese restaurant, standing at the pier etc etc

“do you know where you’ll be headed in 5 years?” no. but i do know about themes and motifs. and friendship. and putting garlic on everything

Franz Kafka, 1912

- Kazuo Ishiguro - The Paris Review Interview: The Art of Fiction.

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It's great that nature always finds a way to improve.

Henrik Ibsen, from Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen; "A Doll's House," written in 1879

Czeslaw Milosz, from "Ars Poetica?"

What books have you done this to?

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& you know what it actually IS lifechanging to smile at strangers & say please & thank you & goodmorning & compliment someones outfit & help someone in need & be more accepting of loving other people just because they are other people!!!

I love using "by the way" as a segue into topics that are completely unrelated to the matters at hand. it isn't remotely by the way, quite a ways out of the way in fact. a little adventure

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