Celeste

“But when a man draws a lifeless thing into his passionate longing for dialogue, lending it independence and as it were a soul, then there may dawn in him the presentiment of a world-wide dialogue with the world-happening that steps up to him even in his environment, which consists partially of things. Or do you seriously think that the giving and taking of signs halts on the threshold of that business where an honest and open spirit is found?”
― Martin Buber, I and Thou

“He had been through a good deal in the course of the Great Quest — he had seen beautiful things and horrible things — but up until now he had not known that one and the same creature can be both, that beauty can be terrifying.”
― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

“It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“Every real story is a never ending story.”
― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story