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man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.
ever since they were children she was like the sky to him, forever around.
“Man rarely knows his own power,”
holding on to things “will only break your heart.”
He was doing what man does when left with nothing. He was telling himself his own life story.
Mankind is connected in ways it does not understand—even in dreams.
“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.”
“You marked the minutes,” the old man said. “But did you use them wisely? To be still? To cherish? To be grateful? To lift and be lifted?”
Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.
But a man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell.
all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.”
A heart weighs more when it splits in two; it crashes in the chest like a broken plane.
Why did you measure the days and nights? To know.
And when hope is gone, time is punishment.
But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved.
“I was so lonely.” And Father Time said, “You were never alone.”
“Love does not make you a fool.”
“You had many more years,” he said. “I didn’t want them.” “But they wanted you.
Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be an answer to your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future.” “What’s that?” “Hope.”
“Ends are for yesterdays, not tomorrows.”
“I was wondering why you wished to live beyond a lifetime.” “Why wouldn’t I?” “It is not a gift.”
“With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have.”
“There is a reason God limits our days.” “Why?” “To make each one precious.”
“When you are measuring life, you are not living it. I know.”
“All who are born are always dying.”
“Never too late or too soon,”
“We cannot stop what Heaven chooses.”
As their eyes closed, a different set of eyes opened, and they rose from the ground as a shared soul, up and up, a sun and a moon in a single sky.
