Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison […]
Michael Ende — The Vale of Soul-Making
Nothing is lost. . . Everything is transformed.
― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story. (Dutton Books for Young Readers; Revised ed. Edition, March 1, 1997) Originally published 1979.
John Irving — The Vale of Soul-Making
If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. ― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany. (Transworld Publishers; First edition, November 1, 1989)
Guy de Maupassant — The Vale of Soul-Making
Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare. ― Guy de Maupassant
Fernando Pessoa — The Vale of Soul-Making
I don’t have a philosophy: I have senses… If I talk about Nature, it’s not because I know what it is, But because I love it, and that’s why I love it, Because when you love you never know what you love, Or why you love, or what love is. Loving is eternal innocence, And […]
Carl Sandburg — The Vale of Soul-Making
Nothing happens unless first we dream. — Carl Sandburg
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