“Once you are real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
― The Velveteen Rabbit
“I shall go on shining as a brilliantly meaningless figure in a meaningless world.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light.”
― Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc
― Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc
“The Uses Of Sorrow
(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)
Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.”
― Thirst
(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)
Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.”
― Thirst
“(As human beings) We see everything everything in a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is on the other side. If we were to polish the glass clean, we'd see much more. But then we would no longer see ourselves.”
― Through a Glass, Darkly
― Through a Glass, Darkly
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