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History is a hermaphrodite with many distinguished lovers. We are neither mysteries nor strangers but the living breath of revelation made flesh by the unrestrained desires of a free and universal love. Universal me. Universal you.” --from Past Present and Future are One ↗


— Aberjhani


#history #philosophy #poetry #spirituality #theories

Balsa seemed invincible, endowed with powers no other warrior could match, but in her profile he could glimpse the shadow of a young girl, hurt and buffeted by a cruel and hopeless fate. If he had never experienced what it was like to be at the mercy of fate himself, he would not have noticed, but now he could see it with unbearable, heartrending clarity. ↗


— Nahoko Uehashi


#girl-warrior #love-hurts #mercy-of-fate #strong-women #women-s-strength

When I was young, I lacked certainty, too,” he says. “I have the certainty, now, of not needing certainty. I have the certainty, of uncertainty. The peace, with being uncertain. All is good. All is holy. Whatever you choose, it can be fine. Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed. Rejection never ceases with rejection, but with acceptance alone is healed. ↗


— T. Scott McLeod


#spirituality #zen #love

Orlando naturally loved solitary places, vast views, and to feel himself for ever and ever and ever alone. ↗


— Virginia Woolf


#love

A force de peindre la vie des autres, il avait oublié de peindre la sienne." On ne se tue pas pour une femme (2000) ↗


— Olivier Weber


#fiction #french-literature #literature #love #painting

There is a fascination here that holds rich and poor, strong and weak captive,not with chains and fetters but by an almost touchable solace... ↗


— Barbara Woodall


#love-and-loss #reality #love

...I got to love solitude - to see the Moon rise and set - I had time to watch it trace the window square across the wall in silent grace... ↗


— John Geddes


#moon #solitude #love

A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy. ↗


— Roberto Bolaño


#love

The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant. ↗


— G.K. Chesterton


#homosexuality #love #romance #sex #love

Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things or asking Him for good things. Maybe it's just the act of praying and feeling that there's someone up there listening that makes us feel better and less helpless. ↗


— Sarah Darer Littman


#faith






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