Thomas Unterkircher
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Thomas Unterkircher
In the end is it not futile to try and follow the course of a quarrel between husband and wife? Such a conversation is sure to meander more than any other. It draws in tributary arguments and grievances from years before – all quite incomprehensible to any but the two people they concern most nearly.
Susanna Clarke • Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
What Is Love?
Key takeaways:
- The feeling of love is not a feeling, but an action.
- The main way to create love is to give what you want to get.
- When one person in a relationship starts to give less, the other person will take the ladder down until they are giving what they want to get.
Transcript:
Speaker 2
Definitely had to kind of come to terms with that
Not Lost • Not Lost Chat — How Do You Say “Love”?
I first encountered Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, in the ecology section of my local bookstore.
When I bought it, I had little idea how much it would change my life. What made Braiding Sweetgrass unlike anything I had ever read was the way Kimmerer wove stories together with science, reminding me of the importance of sheer... See more
When I bought it, I had little idea how much it would change my life. What made Braiding Sweetgrass unlike anything I had ever read was the way Kimmerer wove stories together with science, reminding me of the importance of sheer... See more
Robin Wall Kimmerer • Security Check - Orion Magazine
In meditation, you may feel loving or calm. If so, wonderful — enjoy. Or you may feel annoyed or self-conscious. Also no problem. If these latter occur, have a sense of humor about the backfiring hilarity of this meditative situation, and send that sense of humor down and into your black, black heart. Compassion by another name. There's always a... See more
Jeff Warrensubstack.comThere is the kindness of ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ And the kindness of “I was wrong, I’m sorry.” The small kindnesses that smooth our interactions and help other people feel as though you’re aware of them .
Seth Godin • Three types of kindness
»Liebe ist dehnbar. Da wird nichts verwässert. Sie fügt hinzu. Sie nimmt nichts weg.«
Julian Barnes und Gertraude Krueger • Die Einzige Geschichte
Die Nähe zwischen uns entstand nicht durch die Dinge, die wir miteinander gemacht hatten, sondern im Miteinanderreden und in dem, was wir wegließen.
Martin Kordić • Jahre Mit Martha
We think we live in boxes until we look closer and find we’re in fact living in irregular shapes, in big, misshapen accidents.