Shannon L. Alder
There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness. ― Shannon L. Alder
Category: Self-discovery
Terrance Keena
Carrying a day is like carrying a mountain, those endless small words men use to guard their helplessness. Put your day down. Come to the bank in the snow wearing grace and pain, the silence at the end of sentences. Breathe the snow and the sad odor of human dust. All the roads are inside… Continue reading Terrance Keena
Craig D. Lounsbrough
The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
Joan Didion
Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs. ― Joan Didion, “On Self-Respect.” (1968)
Shannon L. Alder
It is better to be alone than to become a person that loses his soul to the fear of loneliness. ― Shannon L. Alder
Shannon L. Alder
Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope. ― Shannon L. Alder
Shannon L. Alder
The most introspective of hearts tends to be the most sentimental. We cling to the smallest moments from our past because we fear that emotion will never come our way again. ― Shannon L. Alder
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If I love you, what business is it of yours? ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship. Bk. IV, Ch. 9. (Johann Friedrich Unger [Berlin] 1795–1796)
The Vale of Soul-Making 