79 Quotes by Andrew Davidson

You’ll swoop from incredible highs when you’re just glad to be alive, to those lows when you wish you were dead. And just when you start thinking that you’ve accepted who you are, that changes, too. Because who you are is not permanent.

All history is just one man trying to take something away from another man, and usually it doesn’t really belong to either of them.

Perhaps there are just some things you leave behind when you choose a new life.

Love isn’t a steadfast dog at all; love is more like a pygmy mouse lemur. Yes, that’s exactly what love is: a tiny, jittery primate with eyes that are permanently peeled open in fear. For those of you who cannot quite picture a pygmy mouse lemur, imagine a miniature Don Knotts or Steve Buscemi wearing a fur coat.

That which abides the fire shall become clean. The water of separation shall purify. The Lord is a consuming fire. That which can’t abide the fire shall go through water.

That which is painful sharpens one’s love.

Nella vita le sventure ci colgono di sorpresa, spesso con violenza, proprio come l’amore.

Love is a delicate thing that needs to be cosseted and protected. Love is not robust and love is not unyielding. Love can crumble under a few harsh words, or be tossed away with a handful of careless actions. Love isn’t a steadfast dog at all; love is more like a pygmy mouse lemur.

I envy all suffering, because suffering is necessary to become spiritually beautiful.