We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection. Love is not something we give or get; it...
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Unknown
Abuse manipulates and twists a child’s natural sense of trust and love. Her innocent feelings are belittled or mocked and she learns to ignore her feelings. She can’t afford to feel the full range of feelings in her body while she’s being abused–pain, outrage, hate,...
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Unknown
Soul, if you want to learn secrets, 
your heart must forget about shame
 and dignity. You are God's lover, 
yet you worry what people are saying.
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Jalaluddin Rumi
I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that
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Paula Hawkins
The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.
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J.k. Rowling
More Quotes By John Fowles
Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. He did not believe in princesses, he did not believe in islands, he did not believe in God. His father, the king, told him that such things did not...
When you draw something it lives and when you photograph it it dies
Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths?'' For fun?'' Fun! ' He pounced on the word. 'Words are for truth. For facts. Not fiction.
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.
I don't believe in God. And I certainly don't feel chosen."" I think you may be." I smiled dubiously. "Thank you."" It is not meant as a compliment. Hazard makes you elect. You cannot elect yourself.
