TWIGGY

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“There is no such thing as a perfect book or a perfect story.

Every book in every library on this planet has something wrong with it. It could be something tiny. Maybe a minor character isn’t well drawn. Maybe a description goes on too long. Maybe the dialogue is stiff in one spot. There’s something wrong with every single one. 
No matter how hard we writers try, we will never achieve perfection.
Perfection doesn’t mater No two readers would agree on whether our book was perfect anyway. Besides, readers care less about perfection and more about connection, getting caught up in a story, caring about the characters.”

—	Gail Carson Levine

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We can lift ourselves out of ignorance 
We can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill
We can be free
We can learn to fly

smell that? thats the smell of consumerism

Never go into a shop if your finances are low (slash non-existent); you will only see something that you like. Don’t go in – you already have everything you need. 

more elegance less arrogance

Ryokan's Precepts of Right Speech

Take care not to:
Talk too much
Talk too fast
Talk without being asked to
Talk gratuitously
Talk with your hands
Talk about worldly affairs
Talk back rudely
Argue
Smile condescendingly at others' words
Use elegant expressions
Boast
Avoid speaking directly
Speak with a knowing air
Jump from topic to topic
Use fancy words
Speak of past events that cannot be changed
Speak like a pedant
Avoid direct questions
Speak ill of others
Speak grandly of enlightenment
Carry on while drunk
Speak in an obnoxious manner
Yell at children
Make up fantastic stories
Speak while angry
Name-drop
Ignore the people to whom you are speaking
Speak sanctimoniously of gods & Buddhas
Use sugary speech
Use flattering speech,
Speak of things of which you have no knowledge
Monopolise the conversation
Talk about others behind their backs
Speak with conceit
Bad - mouth others
Chant prayers ostentatiously
Complain about the amount of alms
Give long winded sermons
Speak affectedly like an artist
Speak affectedly like a tea master

We all want to feel wanted. Maybe the so-called romantics are just the ones who have held on to that ideal with extraordinary care and commitment.