“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Undoubtedly, a thing forever blooming is the soul, no matter how barren the soil. And only through that frightening abyss of the unknown self does the mind root out the light upon which it nourishes.”
― Sylvanus Now
― Sylvanus Now
“What can we do with this happiness that appears for no obvious reason, the joy that needs no cause to exist?”
― The Japanese Lover
― The Japanese Lover
“I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it...But there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.”
― The Orenda
― The Orenda
“A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers falling. They fell on the town all through the night in a silent storm, and they covered the roofs and blocked the doors and smothered the animals who slept outdoors. So many flowers fell from the sky that in the morning the streets were carpeted with a compact cushion and they had to clear them away with shovels and rakes so that the funeral procession could pass by.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
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