Xander

“We have to think of a question that we wouldn't otherwise want to answer.'

He stood over the pot, looking down at the leaves. 'Something like, Who do you fancy?'

'That might work,' I said, even though it was the last question I wanted to answer. But it was impossible, suddenly, to tell a lie.

Benjamin took a deep sniff over the steam and turned to me. 'All right,' he said. 'So who do you fancy?'

I hesitated. 'Fancy means like, right?' I said stalling.

'Of course.'

I gritted my teeth against the answer coming out. but I couldn't stop myself. 'You,' I said helplessly.”
― Maile Meloy, The Apothecary

“There is no way to escape conflict in life, and there is no way to escape peace in life.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“Peace does not mean an absence of conflict, because opposition, polarity and conflict are natural and universal laws.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“CONFLICT is the unhealthy fruit from the tree of MISUNDERSTANDING
which was once a seed of INSECURITIES that
sprout from the isolation of MIND,
sipping slowly the liquid of PRIDE...”
― Robby Dumanon