¡olé!

"writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. they deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. when writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. we are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. it’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. you can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship." /anne lamott, bird by bird
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eat, pray, love, by liz gilbert

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bonnie "prince" billy - you remind me of something (the glory goes)

i like the places where the night does not mean an end
where smiles break free and surpirse is your friend
and dancing goes on in the kitchen until dawn
to my favorite song that has no end