“But doesn't love cause too much pain?" she said. "To be worth it?" "It causes pain, indeed," Grumpy said. "But it's worth it. It's a good pain.”
― quote from Reawakened
“Sometimes life is just messy no matter what you do," she [Emma] said.”
― quote from Reawakened
“Believe in yourself. That's real magic.”
― quote from Reawakened
“Sometimes things weren’t all that complicated. We just make them complicated in order to hide from them. “I’m”
― quote from Reawakened
“Evidence doesn't always lead us to the truth," he [August] said.”
― quote from Reawakened
“Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose upon the world.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom
“Ico made to charge her again. The queen raised a clawlike nail, but Yorda stepped between them. Without a word, Yorda stretched out her arms in front of Ico, holding him back. Ico looked into her eyes and she shook her head, pleading with him.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, quote from Ico: Castle in the Mist
“But what are you supposed to do now? I mean, how are you supposed to act normal?”
Mike looked at me, his blueberry eyes searching. “I don’t know, Apron,” he said. “I was hoping you could tell me.”
And then, just like that, I understood what my real job was this summer, and it had nothing to do with flowers.”
― Jennifer Gooch Hummer, quote from Girl Unmoored
“Увы! Что такое добро и что такое зло! Быть может, это проявления одной и той же неутолимой страсти к совершенству, которого мы пытаемся достичь любой ценой, не отвергая даже самых безумных средств, и каждая попытка заканчивается, к нашей ярости, признанием собственного бессилия.”
― Comte de Lautréamont, quote from Maldoror = Les Chants de Maldoror, together with a translation of Lautréamont's Poésies
“3 :
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بعض الغناء لقوته ،
من يملك مثل هذه القوة !؟
بعض الغناء لعطاياه ..
لعلاماته و إشاراته
بعض الغناء لمجده المميز ،
عظيم هو و جميل
بعض الغناء لنعمة التحصل على معرفته ،
من خلال الدراسات الفلسفية الصعبة !
بعض الغناء لأنه من صمم الجسد ،
ثم قلّصه مرة أخرى إلى غبار
بعض الغناء لأنه من يأخذ الحياة ،
و يعيدها مرة أخرى !
بعض الغناء لأنه يبدو ..
بعيدا .. بعيدا جدا
بعض الغناء لأنه قريبا منّا جدا ،
الآن .. و في أي وقت مضى
بعض الغناء لأنه ،
لم يقصّر في ارسال من يعلموننا و يوعظوننا
ملايين و ملايين ، قدموا لنا
ملايين الخطب و الحكايات
...
المعطي العظيم مستمر في العطاء ،
بينما هؤلاء المستعطين ، يضجرون من عطاءه
و على مر العصور ، يعطي ،
.. و يستهلكون !
انه يقودنا بإشاراته
إلى السير على الطريق
اوه ناناك :
انه طريق يزهر
بالبهجة و السلام”
― Guru Nanak, quote from Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Requiem for a Wren
Starclimber
The Return of Philip...
The Rozabal Line
On Basilisk Station
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