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"But regardless of the season, this towering tree, as others had done in other places, served as Theo's quiet companion and mentor in the ancient ways of stillness and listening. It was good company for an old soul." — 9 hours, 53 min ago
"But regardless of the season, this towering tree, as others had done in other places, served as Theo's quiet companion and mentor in the ancient ways of stillness and listening. It was good company for an old soul." — 9 hours, 53 min ago
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
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“She should have done science, not spent all her time with her head in novels. Novels gave you a completely false idea about life, they told lies and they implied there were endings when in reality there were no endings, everything just went on and on and on.”
― Case Histories
― Case Histories
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Eleonora
― Eleonora
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