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“Until now I had known that Latin was a dead language.
Now I know that it is the language of death.
Death speaks Latin.”
― Death and the Gardener
Now I know that it is the language of death.
Death speaks Latin.”
― Death and the Gardener
“Confronted as we are by the mystery of literature, and by its inenarrable power, we are behooved to discover the source of the power and mystery. And yet, finally, what can avail? The work of literature throws before us a profound veil which we cannot plumb. And we are but votaries before it, helpless in its sway. Who would have the temerity to lift that veil aside, to discover the undiscoverable, to reach the unreachable? The strongest of us are but the puniest weaklings, are but tinkling cymbals and sounding brass, before the eternal mystery.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“How can you ever be prepared to die?
"Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?”
― Tuesdays With Morrie
"Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?”
― Tuesdays With Morrie
“Why does no one teach us what to do with the deaths of others?
Why does no one teach us how to die, how we should die?”
― Death and the Gardener
Why does no one teach us how to die, how we should die?”
― Death and the Gardener
“Why is it so hard to think about dying?
"Because," Morrie continued, "most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.”
― Tuesdays With Morrie
"Because," Morrie continued, "most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.”
― Tuesdays With Morrie
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