Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
– John Milton – Paradise Regained
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.
– William Blake –
She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here to be where she was.
– Leo Tolstoy – Anna Karenina
They’re both convinced
that a sudden passion joined them.
Such certainty is beautiful,
but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
Since they’d never met before, they’re sure
that there’d been nothing between them.
But what’s the word from the streets, staircases, hallways–
perhaps they’ve passed by each other a million times?
I want to ask them
if they don’t remember–
a moment face to face
in some revolving door?
They’d be amazed to hear
that Chance has been toying with them
now for years.
Not quite ready yet
to become their Destiny,
it pushed them close, drove them apart,
it barred their path …
Every beginning
is only a sequel, after all,
and the book of events
is always open halfway through.
– Wisława Szymborska – View With a Grain of Sand
Don’t live life like it’s another day, but live life like it’s your last day.
– Anthony Liccione –
We walked without looking for us,
yet knowing that we were walking to meet us.
– Julio Cortázar – Hopscotch
Some people are your family no matter when you find them, and some people are not, even if you are laid, still wet and crumpled, in their arms.
– Amy Bloom –
For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even – love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge.
– Erich Maria Remarque –
Ph : Sabine Weiss
– tomorrow is our permanent address
and there they’ll scarcely find us
if they do,
we’ll move away still further: into now
– E.E. Cummings –
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