I want to fulfill myself in one of the rarest of destinies. I have only a dim notion of what it will be. I want it to have not a single graceful curve nor to be slightly bent toward evening but a hitherto unseen beauty. Lovely because of the danger which works away at it, overwhelms it, undermines it. Oh let me be only utter beauty. I shall go quickly or slowly and I shall dare what must be dared. I shall destroy appearances. The casings will burn away and one evening I shall appear there in the palm of your hand, quiet and pure like a
glass statuette. You will see me and all about me there will be nothing left.
— I shall destroy appearances….Jean Genet, The Thief’s Journal (via jobefish)
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“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?”
—Ralph Ellison, from Invisible Man
My suggestion is that whenever you have to choose, always choose the unknown, because the known you have already lived. Never miss the unknown. Always choose the unknown and go headlong. Even if you suffer, it is worth it — it always pays.
— Osho (via lashla)
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“Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.” — Albert Camus
