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Ordinary things have always seemed numinous to me


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Every sorrow suggests a thousand songs and every song recalls a thousand sorrows and so they are infinite in number and all the same.

Every sorrow suggests a thousand songs and every song recalls a thousand sorrows and so they are infinite in number and all the same.



I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.

I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.



We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of our own nature.

We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of our own nature.



This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.



There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.

There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.



When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.

When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.



Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.



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There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient





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