dark night
Don’t mistake a lightbulb for the moon, and don’t believe that the moon is useless unless we land on it.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
“You have to be willing to be nobody to have a chance to be who you want to be.”
Anu Atluru • Status Limbo | Theory No. 27
Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.
Viktor Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
THE LONG DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL (ALL IS LOST) This third quarter of your story is almost certainly going to contain a scene or sequence which since the ancient Greeks has been called THE LONG DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL, also known as ALL IS LOST, or APPARENT DEFEAT, or THE BLACK MOMENT, or VISIT TO DEATH (which may also be a separate scene).
Alexandra Sokoloff • Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II: Story Structure for Pantsers and Plotters (Screenwriting Tricks For Authors (and Screenwriters!) Book 2)
“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
― Frank Herbert, Dune
Dune Quotes by Frank Herbert
tested and confirmed
When you look back at the most fruitful moments of your life years from now, you’ll be surprised to discover how many of them unfolded amid a big loss or a crisis or in the face of a giant unknown.
Heather Havrilesky • Tolerating Unknowns Will Make You Stronger
yes and no, sometimes there simply can be too much of a suffering, it alters you profoundly but not in a good way
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people” — Carl Jung
7 Carl Jung Quotes That (If Applied) Will Make You Feel Unstoppable
Deepening our dharma and healing our karma co-inform each other. Every gift has a shadow, every shadow has a gift – it’s helpful to explore them together.