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1 " Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. "
― Peter Rock , My Abandonment
2 " Every problem I have comes from believing something to be true that is not true. "
3 " From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have speech or not, and in later years he strove long to learn what can be learned, in silence, from the eyes of animals, the flight of birds, the great slow gestures of trees. "
4 " The other terror," he says, "the other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. "
5 " There is in fact coming and going, bending and breaking. One single bolt or screw holds the blades of a scissors together, into one tool that can cut paper or leather or steel or meat. If you take that screw or break that bolt, the scissors become two things. Two knives. Eyes can cut, too, back and forth. Eyes can turn outward or inward. "
― Peter Rock , Klickitat
6 " There is in fact coming and going,bendingand breaking. One single bolt or screwholds the blades of a scissors together, into one tool that can cut paper or leather or steel or meat. If you take that screw or break that bolt, the scissors become two things. Two knives. Eyes can cut, too, back and forth. Eyes can turn outward or inward. "
7 " It is important to always remember that at any time you think of it there are people being kept in buildings when they want to go outside. "
8 " If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. He will pass an invisible boundary. Don't forget this. Don't forget that thinking can get in the way. Forget the forgetting. We seek to forget ourselves, to be surprised and to do something without knowing how or why. The way of life is wonderful. It is by abandonment. "
9 " If you were to live your life like a prayer, every action a sort of prayer, it would be easy to believe that all your thoughts were the words of God. Perhaps they would be. "
― Peter Rock
10 " Appearances count,” Father says. “When they see us riding our bikes to church, when they hear us sing and we dress up on Sunday that makes them believe certain things about us.” “Like what?” I say. “That we’re like them,” he says. “That we believe the same things. That makes them happy, to see us doing what they’re doing.” The "
11 " You can still talk with her," Iceland said. "It will take time. Everything you need to know is inside you, the same as it's inside her. You'll figure out how to talk to each other. You'll have to figure out how to listen, to understand.""I'm listening," I said. "I will. "
12 " There is so much for you to do," she said. "So many places.""How do you know?" I said."I can feel it," she said. "
13 " Here in the notebooks I've let it out, I've collected all these different words. The ones in the yellow notebook, they found me, they find me still. They are the words that came from beyond, because I was ready to receive them. And then the rest of the words, these words I'm writing now--they don't feel so different, they also come through me. I listen in; I intercept them. I receive these words and send them out again, so they can reach the next person. "
14 " People were never supposed to live in cities. They gathered together since they were scared and then living like that only made them more and more afraid. "
15 " To let someone make you angry is always a mistake. "
16 " Forget forgetting. We seek to forget ourselves, to be surprised and to do something without knowing how or why. The way of life is wonderful. It is by abandonment. "
17 " she’s a personal shopper. That means she chooses clothes for people who can’t choose their own clothes "
18 " Animals, like humans, make in lifethe mistakes that will ultimatelylead to their death, either physicallyor on a spiritual and emotionallevel. People and animals thatstay on the same paths in life willeventually wear themselves into ruts.Soon the ruts become so deep thatthe people can no longer see overlead to their death, either physicallyor on a spiritual and emotionallevel. People and animals thatstay on the same paths in life willeventually wear themselves into ruts.Soon the ruts become so deep thatthe people can no longer see overthe sides. They see neither danger,nor beauty, only the path beforethem because they fear losing theirsecurity and are afraid to enter theland of the unknown. "
19 " Animals, like humans, make in lifethe mistakes that will ultimatelylead to their death, either physicallyor on a spiritual and emotionallevel. People and animals thatstay on the same paths in life willeventually wear themselves into ruts.Soon the ruts become so deep thatthe people can no longer see overthe sides. They see neither danger,or beauty, only the path beforethem because they fear losing theirsecurity and are afraid to enter theland of the unknown. "
20 " This is one reason Father wears the piece of mirror taped to the top of his engineer's cap, so it reflects back up whoever's face is trying to look down at him. As he walks the sun reflects in the mirror and slides shining lights all along the brick wall above his head. If he bends down to tie his shoes it can hit you sharp in the eyes. "
