“She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you're swimming and you want to put your feet down on something solid, but the water's deeper than you think and there's nothing there”
― East of the Sun
― East of the Sun
“Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!”
― The Night in Lisbon
― The Night in Lisbon
“Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul. Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.”
― Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
― Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
“She liked the word ineffable because it meant a feeling so big or vast that it could not be expressed in words.
And yet, because it could not be expressed in words, people had invented a word to express it, and that made Liesl feel hopeful, somehow.”
― Liesl & Po
And yet, because it could not be expressed in words, people had invented a word to express it, and that made Liesl feel hopeful, somehow.”
― Liesl & Po
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