Aylin

“There was a time when a new deputy tried to teach Mr. Fruit about the difference between a red and a green light, but Mr. Fruit had resisted all efforts to reorder what he had been doing perfectly well for many years. He had not only monitored the comings and goings of the town, his presence softened the ingrained evil that flourished along the invisible margins of the town’s consciousness. Any community can be judged in its humanity or corruption by how it manages to accommodate the Mr. Fruits of the world. Colleton simply adjusted itself to Mr. Fruit’s harmonies and ordinations. He did whatever he felt was needed and he did it with style. “That’s the Southern way” my grandmother said. “That’s the nice way.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“The entire ball game, in terms of both the exam and life, was what you gave attention to vs. what you willed yourself to not.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“The earth has its music for those who will listen”
― Reginald Vincent Holmes, Fireside Fancies