Anais Nin says life shrinks or expands…

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

– Anais Nin

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Jack Kerouac says the only people for me are the mad ones…

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Attempted Love

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” 

– Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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Emma Donoghue says this is nicer than the opposite situation…

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Attempted Love

“At the door, there was one of those moments when two people realize that they like each other more than they know each other. This is nicer than the opposite situation, but more awkward. You try to remember the protocol for touching. You hate to gush, or presume too much, yet you are unwilling to let the moment pass without some gesture.”

– Emma Donoghue

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Thomas Merton says love seeks one thing only…

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.”

– Thomas Merton

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Clarence Carter sings I know I’m gonna be your man…

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Attempted Love

Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.  First track with Duane Allman, later of the Allman Brothers.

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Ken Follett says there was something abnormal about her…

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Attempted Love

“She was unique: there was something abnormal about her, and it was that abnormal something that made her magnetic.”

– Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth

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Bryant McGill says we attract what we are…

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Attempted Love

“We attract what we are. We attract who we are.”

– Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

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