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The Book of Delights
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"The Book of Delights" Quotes

"The Book of Delights" is a collection of essays celebrating the small joys and wonders of everyday life.

Quotes

Perhaps delight is a kind of grief, attending the absence of what we love.

Ross Gay

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Delight is the antidote to fear. It is the antidote to violence.

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Delight is a kind of courage.

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Delight can be a deep and abiding human pleasure, a kind of joy that is at once meaningful and meaningless.

Ross Gay

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Delight is a gift, a miracle, a splendor. It is also a skill.

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Delight is a radical act.

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Delight is the momentary absence of judgment.

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Delight is the experience of the world not as a battlefield, but as cornucopia.

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Delight is a kind of love for the world, a kind of awe and reverence for the world.

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Delight is a practice.

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