“Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.”
― Wonderstruck
― Wonderstruck
“A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.”
― Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
― Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
“There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.”
― The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant
― The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant
“But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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