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"Well that was interesting. I thought I was just getting a fun Halloween story about a creepy tree. This was more of a dark Halloween tale forcefully injected with history lessons and bargains with death. I know this is a literary classic, and to its "
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"The Halloween Tree is a young adult novel by Ray Bradbury that tells the tale of eight boys trick-or-treating on Halloween. They soon discover that something is not right with the ninth boy in the story, their friend Pipkin, billed as the greatest ch"
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"“Suddenly the day was gone,
night came out from under each tree and spread.” ― Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree  It was nice to read this and remember that before Stranger Things and before Neil Gaiman there was Ray Bradbury. Not one of his great nove" Read more of this review » |
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“Sugar dissolved in rose water
Won't cure my heart; but if you could
Dissolve your curses in your kisses,
That distillation surely would.”
― Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz
Won't cure my heart; but if you could
Dissolve your curses in your kisses,
That distillation surely would.”
― Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz
“And still, after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky.”
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The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky.”
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“Your love should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger / Only to someone who has the valor and daring to cut pieces of their soul off with a knife / Then weave them into a blanket to protect you.”
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“TRIPPING OVER JOY
What is the difference
Between your experience of Existence
And that of a saint?
The saint knows
That the spiritual path
Is a sublime chess game with God
And that the Beloved
Has just made such a Fantastic Move
That the saint is now continually
Tripping over Joy
And bursting out in Laughter
And saying, “I Surrender!”
Whereas, my dear,
I am afraid you still think
You have a thousand serious moves.”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
What is the difference
Between your experience of Existence
And that of a saint?
The saint knows
That the spiritual path
Is a sublime chess game with God
And that the Beloved
Has just made such a Fantastic Move
That the saint is now continually
Tripping over Joy
And bursting out in Laughter
And saying, “I Surrender!”
Whereas, my dear,
I am afraid you still think
You have a thousand serious moves.”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
“You don’t have to act crazy anymore—
We all know you were good at that,
Now retire, my dear,
From all that hard work you do
Of bringing pain to your sweet eyes and heart.
Look in a clear mountain mirror
See the beautiful ancient warrior
And the divine elements
You always carry inside
That infused this universe with sacred life
So long ago”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
We all know you were good at that,
Now retire, my dear,
From all that hard work you do
Of bringing pain to your sweet eyes and heart.
Look in a clear mountain mirror
See the beautiful ancient warrior
And the divine elements
You always carry inside
That infused this universe with sacred life
So long ago”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
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