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"“Looking out at the mountais, the guest said, ‘The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night.’”" — Feb 22, 2026 02:44PM
"“Looking out at the mountais, the guest said, ‘The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night.’”" — Feb 22, 2026 02:44PM
“music heard so deeply
That it is not heard at all, but
you are the music
While the music lasts.”
― Collected Poems, 1909-1962
That it is not heard at all, but
you are the music
While the music lasts.”
― Collected Poems, 1909-1962
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that? And I said,
Where can I put it down?”
― Glass, Irony and God
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that? And I said,
Where can I put it down?”
― Glass, Irony and God
“Just being is the main thing. Anything else is extra.”
― The City of Trembling Leaves
― The City of Trembling Leaves
“When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
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