“Keating stood still, because he understood for the first time what it was that artists spoke about when they spoke of beauty.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“The late British-born philosopher Alan Watts, in one of his wonderful lectures on eastern philosophy, used this analogy: "If I draw a circle, most people, when asked what I have drawn, will say I have drawn a circle or a disc, or a ball. Very few people will say I've drawn a hole in the wall, because most people think of the inside first, rather than thinking of the outside. But actually these two sides go together--you cannot have what is 'in here' unless you have what is out there.' "
In other words, where we are is vital to who we are.”
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
In other words, where we are is vital to who we are.”
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
“The Captain looked at Fermina Daza and saw on her eyelashes the first glimmer of wintry frost. Then he looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love, and he was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
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