What I write, knowing that it’s bad, might also offer a few moments of distraction from worse things to another sad or wounded soul. That is enough, or rather, it isn’t but it nonetheless helps in some way, and that’s how it is with life. Fernando Pessoa
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vague fantastic figures
The world was now peopled with vague fantastic figures that dissolved under her steady gaze and then formed again in new shapes. ~Chinua Achebe Here is a quote from a book I’ve recently finished reading as a recommendation per my friend, Billy Osogo. As a writer, I would highly recommend Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” for…
‘…there is nothing of value without death.’
“Poets understand that there is nothing of value without death.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes
‘…I would like my role in the world to be to educate others, to feel more and more for themselves…’
“More than anything, I would like my role in the world to be to educate others to feel more and more for themselves and less and less according to the dynamic law of collectivity.” Fernando Pessoa
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