The Secret Language of Stones Quotes

“Regret isn’t like grief; it never lessens, just stays the same. A little hard ball in the pit of your stomach.”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones

“Art frees us from our prejudices and gives us the chance to become our best selves, individuals who dare to dream. And even if those dreams aren’t always as pretty as we’d like, or don’t conform, or frighten us, it is our duty to encourage art to flourish. All art. Every kind.”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones

“There was, for many of us, a great escape in reading about the fantastic and supernatural during wartime. Terrors more terrible than those we were living through gave us an outlet for our anxiety.”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones

“They called it the Great War, but that implied worthiness and grandeur, not violence and helplessness and the utter waste and devastation our country, our city, our people endured.”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones

“I wouldn’t think it happens easily or often, never for some people. I imagine a love like that is like a fire starting with a spark and growing into a blaze becoming an engulfing passion too hot for most people to withstand.”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones

“We see what we want to see when we look at someone. Like a diamond before it has been cut. We can guess at its brilliance but can't see the faults until the stone has been cut and polished. Only then can we glimpse inside and see the occlusions and the clarity. ”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones

“(E)very soul requires secret places for contemplation as well as open spaces for celebration.”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones

“Did you have a love that grand?” I asked him. No. I never did. Did you? “No, and I wouldn’t want to. It would be too painful if it failed.” But to experience it once—even if it is painful—don’t you think it would be worth it? Wouldn’t you want to know what that kind of intensity is like? Wouldn’t you want to feel that deeply? “I don’t think most people can. Not the way I imagine it.”
― M.J. Rose, The Secret Language of Stones