

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
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“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― The Man in the Mist
― The Man in the Mist

“Nothing before you counts,” he said. “And I can’t even imagine an after.”
― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park
“An old Celtic proverb boldly places death right at the center of life. ‘Death is the middle of a long life,’ they used to say. Ancient people did things like that; they put death at the center instead of casting it out of sight and leaving such an important subject until the last possible moment. Of course, they lived close to nature and couldn’t help but see how the forest grew from fallen trees and how death seemed to replenish life from fallen members. Only the unwise and the overly fearful think that death is the blind enemy of life.”
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“Something deep in the human soul awakens as things fall apart. Something in the soul knows that everything in this world can become lost. And something in the soul knows how to survive periods of devastation, disorientation and loss. Descent and falling is the way of the soul from its beginning. We each fell from the womb of life when the waters of the inner sea broke and it came time for us to breathe on our own.”
― Why the World Doesn't End: Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss
― Why the World Doesn't End: Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss
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