#rapture

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. ↗

— Helen Keller

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#darkness #emptiness #fell #fingers #future

Growing up, she felt so unworthy of having her deepest desires satisfied, of being loved absolutely. She didn't feel that way anymore. ↗

— Sylvain Reynard

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#gabriel-s-rapture #love

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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#prize #pursuing #rapture #vanquished