“We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being.”
― L'ordine del tempo
― L'ordine del tempo
“None of the pieces that time has lost (singularity, direction, independence, the present, continuity) puts into question the fact that the world is a network of events. On the one hand, there was time, with its many determinations; on the other, the simple fact that nothing is: things happen.”
― The Order of Time
― The Order of Time
“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Progress,’ wrote C.S. Lewis, ‘means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
“IT IS STRANGE TO BE HERE. THE MYSTERY NEVER LEAVES YOU alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.”
― Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
― Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
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