“Under star-dark seas and skies of gold
Live those Above and those Below
They sing and weep, both high and deep
While over and under the ocean rolls”
― Atlantia
Live those Above and those Below
They sing and weep, both high and deep
While over and under the ocean rolls”
― Atlantia
“Oh, here’s a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test? It reads, ‘What’s wrong with this statement?’ And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, ‘What’s wrong with you?”
― The Mysterious Benedict Society
― The Mysterious Benedict Society
“I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it's folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It's important to focus on the things in the here and now, I think. In a month, the flower will be shriveled and you will miss its beauty if you don't make the effort to do it now. Your life, eventually, is the same way.”
― Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
― Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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