Keely

“wisdom cannot be passed on. Wisdom which a wise man tries to pass on to someone always sounds like foolishness.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.”
― Gilda Radner

“First you must believe there is a soul."

"Do you?"

"If by a soul one means the creature who lives within each of us, a creature born loving, born joyful, but who with each wordly blow shrinks more deeply into its shell until at last, the poor desiccated thing is unrecognizable, even to its own self, yes. I do.”
― Lynn Cullen, Mrs. Poe

“I can stand a lot! But just because I can, does that mean I must? Do I have to bear everyone’s weakness? Can I not have my own?”
― Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber