“Trying to fulfill earthly desires was like carrying water to the sea; a never- ending task, and an ultimately useless one.”
― Douglas Preston, quote from The Wheel of Darkness
“The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To stare at a mandala was to experience, if only briefly, the nothingness that is at the heart of enlightenment.”
― Douglas Preston, quote from The Wheel of Darkness
“Lead me into all misfortune. Only by that path can I transform the negative into the positive.”
― Douglas Preston, quote from The Wheel of Darkness
“He had done the right thing and that was what counted. That was the best you could do in life. How others took it was beyond his control.”
― Douglas Preston, quote from The Wheel of Darkness
“people were like icebergs--most of what really went on, especially the ugliness, was submerged”
― Douglas Preston, quote from The Wheel of Darkness
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― Douglas Preston, quote from The Wheel of Darkness
“The point of a cruise ship is the cruise itself. But an ocean liner’s job is to transport people on a schedule. The”
― Douglas Preston, quote from The Wheel of Darkness
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“Kings can only use their best tools.”
― T.H. White, quote from The Ill-Made Knight
“It can safely be said that no one has touched more lives, more deeply, than Death. Through this devastating memoir, it is hoped he will touch many, many more.”
― quote from Death: A Life
“You'll never find a worse critic than the one inside your own skin, or a more difficult one to silence," I told Pieras, by means of explanation. "The best you can hope for is to teach it some manners.”
― Lisa Shearin, quote from Magic Lost, Trouble Found
“O alegre e claro espelho de minha alma era muitas vezes embaçado por uma espécie de melancolia mas, por ora, não havia sido seriamente danificado. Ela aparecia de tempos em tempos, durante um dia ou uma noite, como uma tristeza sonhadora e solitária; desaparecia depois sem deixar traços, voltando após algumas semanas ou meses. Aos poucos fui me habituando a ela, como a uma amiga e confidente, não a recebendo como um tormento, mas como um cansaço inquieto, que não deixava de ter seu encanto. Quando ela me surpreendia de noite eu ficava, em vez de dormir, horas inteiras à janela, olhava o lago mergulhado na escuridão, as silhuetas das montanhas desenhadas no palor do céu e bem no alto, as belas estrelas. Então apossava-se de mim com frequência um sentimento doce e vigoroso, como se eu fosse contemplado por toda aquela formosura da noite, com uma justa censura. Como se estrelas, montanhas e lagos aspirassem por alguém que compreendesse sua beleza e o sofrimento da sua natureza calada e a expressasse, como se eu fosse aquele ser e como se fosse essa a minha verdadeira missão. a de dar, em poesias, uma expressão à natureza muda. De que maneira isso seria possível não sei, jamais pensei nisso, apenas sentia que a bela e severa noite esperava por mim, impaciente, numa ânsia silente. (p. 42)”
― Hermann Hesse, quote from Peter Camenzind
“There were many times when logic was of no comfort.”
― Patricia Highsmith, quote from Deep Water
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