"How far do our feelings take their..." - Quote by Virginia Woolf
How far do our feelings take their colour from the dive underground? I mean, what is the reality of any feeling?
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“I am rooted, but I flow.”
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“Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.”
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“In the death of my son, now more than two years ago, I seem to have lost a beautiful estate,--no more. I cannot get it nearer to me.”
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“Love revels in and grows in the moment and the joy of the moment.”