Category: Quotes & Excerpts

“I see the juxtaposition, suddenly, of sons and daughters. Sons see the best parts of you, but daughters really see you. They see your flaws and your weaknesses. They see everything they don’t want to …

And sees the confluence of dreams That clashed together in our night, One river, born from many streams, Roll in one blaze of blinding light. – GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL

PATIENCE IS WORTH MORE THAN VALOR; BETTER A DISCIPLINED HEART THAN A STORMED CITY.

” I made my decision, but it’s a constant battle inside just to accept it. My mind is shouting at my heart to let go. But how can I if I don’t really want to? …

What certainty does this life have? It’s merely an insignificant toy having two eyes—one brimming with happiness and the other filled with tears! “If thousands of tears could make a pathway to heaven, then I’d …

By Diane Setterfield It was solstice night, the longest night of the years. For weeks the days have been shrinking, first gradually, then precipitously, so that it was now dark by mid-afternoon. As is well …

Here the world had simplified itself down to rocks, ocean, sky, wind and rain; these because everything else was fleeting and you felt overwhelmed by such a sense of permanence all around, by the realization …