Mark Roberts

“They awe us, these strange stars, so cold, so clear.  We are as children whose small feet have strayed into some dim-lit temple of the god they have been taught to worship but know not; and, standing where the echoing dome spans the long vista of the shadowy light, glance up, half hoping, half afraid to see some awful vision hovering there. And”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

“In this infinity then what is the difference between him who lives three days and him who lives three generations? Always”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

“time is fixed for thee, which if thou dost not use for clearing away the clouds from thy mind, it will go and thou wilt go, and it will never return. Every”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

“Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer either be dissatisfied with thy present lot, or shrink from the future. All”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius