As Lao Tzu says, "The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao". Hubert Selby, Jr. More Quotes by Hubert Selby, Jr. More Quotes From Hubert Selby, Jr. ...and the night was comfortably warm as the soft filtered light continued to push the darkness into the shadows as they held each other and kissed and pushed each others darkness into the corner, believing in each others light, each others dream. Hubert Selby, Jr. dream night believe I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer. Hubert Selby, Jr. alphabet I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about. Hubert Selby, Jr. i-realized writing people If love is what I've experienced, I can't separate it from other people. I can't separate creation, and I can't separate whatever this creative thing is, from it's creation. I don't believe that can be done. We're all part of this creative force. Hubert Selby, Jr. love-is believe people ... I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me. Hubert Selby, Jr. hours dying way I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while. Hubert Selby, Jr. disappointment stuff writing The resistance and the degree of the resistance to the natural phenomenon of life causes tremendous suffering. Hubert Selby, Jr. resistance degrees suffering An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness. Hubert Selby, Jr. vastness darkness heart My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process. Hubert Selby, Jr. inspired process writing I do believe this: That what we call love is always available to us. And of course I'm not just talking about passion. I'm talking about love where you just can't conceive that your life isn't perfect, that you can't conceive of wanting anything. Hubert Selby, Jr. passion love-is believe When I stop doing the things that make me unhappy, I will experience the happiness that is that natural state of being. See, I don't think we were created with some pain and misery and whatever. I think we were created by whatever this thing is, when it extended itself, and, here we are. But I pile on so many misconceptions that I end up uncomfortable in my own skin. Hubert Selby, Jr. pain unhappy thinking We all need a meaning to our life. Hubert Selby, Jr. Be careful of things like alcohol and drugs. Hubert Selby, Jr. be-careful drug alcohol I certainly do attempt to live according to spiritual principles. That's always the foundation of each and every day. I have experienced some things in my life that just force me to believe in some sort of power. A creative . . . creative power source; however you want to phrase it. I certainly have experienced that presence. And I have experienced what I consider the basic, what we would call love and concern. Hubert Selby, Jr. creative spiritual believe People in Germany are very, very responsive to the readings. Hubert Selby, Jr. reading people
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