Only to the extent with which we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.
Buddhist saying

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Only to the extent with which we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.
Buddhist saying
The first rule of therapy is that the therapist must survive the process.
Margo Rivera
If you want to shrink something you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something--you must first allow it to expand. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given.
Lao Tzu
“I’m sorry, Beverly. What did you say?” He looked at her bright eyes and kindly, well-worn face. “I just said I’m glad to see you back, Champ. You’re looking good.” “Thanks, Beverly.”
Thomas Harris, "Red Dragon" BRB Just gotta fling myself off a cliff.
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Right now it hurts, a lot, and I'm finding it really hard not to be mad or hurt or feel like I'm worthless so I guess I'll just keep telling myself that it's okay that you don't love me anymore and one day it will be.
I should rather than anything have (almost when hugeness will shut quietly) almost; your kiss
E. E. Cummings
The things that are the least important for our survival are the very things that make us human. In answer to the question, What makes people do science? What makes people do art?
Savas Dimopoulos, Particle Physicist
It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.
Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist