An Other alice

“Once a man begins to recognize himself in another, he can no longer look on that person as a stranger.”
― Paul Auster, The Music of Chance

“What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers and the one who feels compassion. In kindness there are two: the one who gives and the one who receives. But in love there is only one; the two join, unite, become inseparable. The 'I' and the 'you' vanish. To love means to lose oneself in the beloved.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis

“Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society's fault.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education

“I pity the village where no one is a saint, but I also pity the village where everyone is a saint!”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis