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last updated: November 28, 2023

I have found it is surprisingly difficult to remain sad when a cat is doing its level best to sandpaper one's cheeks.
-- R.L. LaFevers

Source : R. L. LaFevers (2011). “Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh”, p.171, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
-- Ram Dass

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Good drama should sandpaper the mind.
-- Shana Alexander

Source : Shana Alexander (1976). “Talking woman”

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“If you donâ€™t try to stop whatever is going on in your mind, but merely observe it, eventually youâ€™ll begin to feel a tremendous sense of relaxation, a vast sense of openness within your mind - which is in fact your natural mind, the naturally unperturbed background against which various thoughts come and go.”
“Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions.”

Source : William Hamilton Maxwell (1833). “Stories of Waterloo; and other tales [by W.H. Maxwell].”, p.5
“Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader--it is never quite oneself. 2) I usually hate the sight of my handwriting--it lives too much and I dislike its life--I mean by "lives," of course, betrays too much!”
“I would give my best quartet for a good razor,”
“Successful adult relationships, whether between lovers or friends, require a significant degree of vulnerability, trust, and openness-”
“The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.”
“Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and Russell Simmons have made millions from their clothing lines.”
“You have a different kind of tenderness for everybody you know.”
“I've been getting chatted up by men ever since I was 14.”
“The supreme application of human attention is to be a vessel to carry awe.”