

“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.”
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“To worry is to become accessible, unwittingly accessible. And once you worry you cling to anything out of desperation; and once you cling you are bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whoever or whatever you are clinging to.”
― Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
― Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan

“My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet

“If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.”
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