#beauty

It has seemed to me sometimes as though the Lord breathes on this poor gray ember of Creation and it turns to radiance - for a moment or a year or the span of a life. And then it sinks back into itself again, and to look at it no one would know it had anything to do with fire, or light. This is what I said in the Pentecost sermon. I have reflected on that sermon, and there is some truth in it. But the Lord is more constant and far more extravagant than it seems to imply. Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration. You don't have to bring a thing to it except a little willingness to see. Only, who could have the courage to see it? ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#courage #creation #life #lord #meaning

If you gotta scratch the itch, scratch it. Or, if you want to do away with the day job, scratch, itch or no! ↗

— Deb E. Howell

#writing #beauty

Stairway to Hell or Yellow Brick Road? Why don't you give your Magic 8 Ball a shake and see if it's ready to play again. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#beauty

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you. ↗

— Libba Bray

#light #beauty

My beautiful soul,"he murmured and caressed my cheek."When you have the ultimate selfless sacrifice it paid my wrong.You proved to be worthy of my devotion.Of Death's...love. ↗

— Abbi Glines

#beauty

It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#inspirational #story #beauty

I'm not afraid of death.....I'm afraid of life without you. ↗

— Yvonne Woon

#renee #beauty

The human body is the best work of art. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#beauty #body #body-image #dancer #desire

That’s the beauty of books. We get to take what we want out of them and it can be different for everyone. ↗