A photo posted by Waylon Lewis (@waylonlewis) on Jun 2, 2016 at 5:22pm PDT

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents:

“Love, but first, coffee.”

In which Waylon talks about love, shares some brilliant quotes, and reads from Things I Would Like to Do With You.

Here are five of those quotes right now, but if you want them all you’ll have to slow down and actually listen!

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone.” ~ Dorothy Parker

“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” ~ bell hooks

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~ Anaïs Nin

“What is required of us is that we love the difficult and learn to deal with it. In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us. Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

“To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.” ~ Charles Dickens

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Relephant Reads (in the order that Waylon mentions them):

The Buddhist Notion of Love.

Love is Selfish.

Maitri.

The Cocoon.

Things I would like to hear from you when you are afraid.

Chaos is Good News.

Get the Book // Things I Would Like to Do With You.

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Relephant Bonus // Movie Recommendation: Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.

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Image: elephant journal on Instagram

Editor: Toby Israel~

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