Quote on existence

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I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God.

~ Leo F. Buscaglia

Quote on existence

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I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God.

~ Leo F. Buscaglia

i will learn how to love a person and then i will teach you and then we will know

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seen from a great enough distance i cannot be seen

i feel this as an extremely distinct sensation

of feeling like shit; the effect of small children

is that they use declarative sentences and then look at your face

with an expression that says, ‘you will never do enough

for the people you love’; i can feel the universe expanding

and it feels like no one is trying hard enough

the effect of this is an extremely shitty sensation

of being the only person alive; i have been alone for a very long time

it will take an extreme person to make me feel less alone

the effect of being alone for a very long time

is that i have been thinking very hard and learning about existence, mortality

loneliness, people, society, and love; i am afraid

that i am not learning fast enough; i can feel the universe expanding

and it feels like no one has ever tried hard enough; when i cried in your room

it was the effect of an extremely distinct sensation that ‘i am the only person

alive,’ ‘i have not learned enough,’ and ‘i can feel the universe

expanding and making things further apart

and it feels like a declarative sentence

whose message is that we must try harder’

~ Tao Lin

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Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain. ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

i will learn how to love a person and then i will teach you and then we will know

Photo credit: puravida from morguefile.com

seen from a great enough distance i cannot be seen

i feel this as an extremely distinct sensation

of feeling like shit; the effect of small children

is that they use declarative sentences and then look at your face

with an expression that says, ‘you will never do enough

for the people you love’; i can feel the universe expanding

and it feels like no one is trying hard enough

the effect of this is an extremely shitty sensation

of being the only person alive; i have been alone for a very long time

it will take an extreme person to make me feel less alone

the effect of being alone for a very long time

is that i have been thinking very hard and learning about existence, mortality

loneliness, people, society, and love; i am afraid

that i am not learning fast enough; i can feel the universe expanding

and it feels like no one has ever tried hard enough; when i cried in your room

it was the effect of an extremely distinct sensation that ‘i am the only person

alive,’ ‘i have not learned enough,’ and ‘i can feel the universe

expanding and making things further apart

and it feels like a declarative sentence

whose message is that we must try harder’

~ Tao Lin

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Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain. ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

The Pros and Cons

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He’ll be pleased if I phone to ask him how he is.

It will make me look considerate and he likes considerate people.

He’ll be reassured to see that I haven’t lost interest,

Which might make him happy and then I’ll have done him a favour.

If I phone him right now I’ll get to speak to him sooner

Than I will if I sit around waiting for him to phone me.

He might not want to phone me from work in case someone hears

And begins (or continues) to suspect that there’s something

Between us.

If I want to and don’t, aren’t I being a bit immature?

We’re both adults. Does it matter, with adults, who makes the

First move?

But there’s always the chance he’ll back off if I come on too strong.

The less keen I appear, the more keen he’s likely to be,

And I phoned him twice on Thursday and once on Friday.

He must therefore be fully aware that it’s his turn, not mine.

If I make it too easy for him, he’ll assume I’m too easy,

While if I make no effort, that leaves him with more of a challenge.

I should demonstrate that I have a sense of proportion.

His work must come first for a while and I shouldn’t’ mind waiting.

For all I know he could have gone off me already

And if I don’t phone I can always say, later, that I went off him first.

~ Sophie Hannah

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It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it. ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

The Pros and Cons

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He’ll be pleased if I phone to ask him how he is.

It will make me look considerate and he likes considerate people.

He’ll be reassured to see that I haven’t lost interest,

Which might make him happy and then I’ll have done him a favour.

If I phone him right now I’ll get to speak to him sooner

Than I will if I sit around waiting for him to phone me.

He might not want to phone me from work in case someone hears

And begins (or continues) to suspect that there’s something

Between us.

If I want to and don’t, aren’t I being a bit immature?

We’re both adults. Does it matter, with adults, who makes the

First move?

But there’s always the chance he’ll back off if I come on too strong.

The less keen I appear, the more keen he’s likely to be,

And I phoned him twice on Thursday and once on Friday.

He must therefore be fully aware that it’s his turn, not mine.

If I make it too easy for him, he’ll assume I’m too easy,

While if I make no effort, that leaves him with more of a challenge.

I should demonstrate that I have a sense of proportion.

His work must come first for a while and I shouldn’t’ mind waiting.

For all I know he could have gone off me already

And if I don’t phone I can always say, later, that I went off him first.

~ Sophie Hannah

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It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it. ~ Leo F. Buscaglia