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He was far too wise to kiss her at this early stage, because he intended to marry her if he could; let her want to be kissed, first.
“So, you’re an expert in sadness?” Theo shrugged. “I suppose anyone as old as me could say the same. When we’re young, we’re usually too busy or too self-absorbed to see it, but by the time one is almost ninety, this world has beat the sadness into him quite deeply.”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
“Having that woman in this house made him feel complete, even though he was all the more unhappy for it. It’s funny how so many people end up finding such comfort, even contentment, in their misery.”
― Tell Me Lies
― Tell Me Lies
“So, you’re an expert in sadness?” Theo shrugged. “I suppose anyone as old as me could say the same. When we’re young, we’re usually too busy or too self-absorbed to see it, but by the time one is almost ninety, this world has beat the sadness into him quite deeply. Every week there is some tragedy or reminder to keep it alive and well.”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
“have a close friend who is an eye doctor and a man of great depth. He holds firmly to the belief that the most important (and formative and effortless) thing a parent can do for a baby is to gaze into his or her face, to hold him or her close and engage the eyes. Could anything be simpler? Is anything more profound? Does anything more deeply change parent and child? I wonder if, like newborn children, we go through our entire lives looking for a face, longing for a particular gaze that calms and fills us, that loves and welcomes us, that recognizes and runs to greet us. Is that perhaps what this day, Christmas, is all about?”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
“Asher, we are masters at masking our sadness, but deep down inside, if we are honest, we know that there is an unsatisfied longing deep inside all of us. Your portraits invite people to be alone and quiet and truthful with themselves; to admit the longing and to discover the goodness in their sadness. Maybe?”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
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