Esther Lee

“God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else - something it never entered your head to conceive - comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last for ever. We must take it or leave it.”
― C.S. Lewis

“他接著又說:「我走進一個園子,藉著默想一朵花,就 能擁抱當下。一朵花愈是嬌艷、活潑,它生命也愈是脆弱 難懂。美本質上是脆弱的-你不解溫柔地碰,它就消失; 你握得太緊,花瓣會掉落,你必須輕輕捧著它,專心凝望, 不然它就溜了。如果你想在田野中體味花的美,就不能分析 它,解剖它,企圖了解它的成分或本源。我們的生命也 樣,是具體的,卻也是難懂的。誰可以透徹剖析我們的生 命,闡述其多采多姿?但我們可以體驗、感受,就在當下,而 不要解剖生命,像解剖花朵,將花瓣拿掉。」”
― 盧雲

“The job of a good dog was ultimately to be with them, remaining by their sides no matter what course their lives might take. All I could do now was offer him comfort, the assurance that as he left this life he was not alone but rather was tended by the dog who loved him more than anything in the whole world.”
― W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Purpose

“The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John