Despite not knowing if what ...

Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of violent rage, self-pity, longing, heartbreak, cynicism, without losing the ability to think about what was happening to him. That took courage, I thought, living with the suffering in a mindful way, as an artifact of being, neither good nor bad.
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 Diane Ackerman

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My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
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 Diane Ackerman