Allen O'Brien

“We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.”
― Desiderius Erasmus, Against War

“Every sound is by definition a stop, which is how we can hear it.”
― Anne Lamott, Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

“My heart can take on any form:
A meadow for gazelles,
A cloister for monks,
For the idols, sacred ground,
Ka'ba for the circling pilgrim,
The tables of the Torah,
The scrolls of the Quran.

My creed is Love;
Wherever its caravan turns along the way,
That is my belief,
My faith.”
― Ibn al-Arabī

“The old man smiled. 'I shall not die of a cold, my son. I shall die of having lived.”
― Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop