“There, at first, there was nothing - just grey nothing. But then one morning there was a light from the yellow jasmine which caught her, and after that, morning and evening, the persistent singing of thrushes from the shrubbery, til her heart beaten upon was forced to lift up its voice in rivalry and answer.”
—The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence
December 2011
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“And she wanted to harbour her modicum of twinkling life.”
—The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence
“Then night came, and with brilliant stars that she knew of old, from her girlhood. And they flashed so bright, she knew they were victors.”
—The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence
“I would rather die having spoken in my manner, than speak in your manner and live.”
—
Socrates (via philphys
)
“For you and I, I wish the sight that sees the signs and the lights in our darkness.
And ears that hear sounds in our unconsciousness.
For you and I, I wish a soul that absorbs and accepts everything.
And a tongue that by honesty drags us out of our silence and makes us speak of that which has caged our being.” —
And ears that hear sounds in our unconsciousness.
For you and I, I wish a soul that absorbs and accepts everything.
And a tongue that by honesty drags us out of our silence and makes us speak of that which has caged our being.” —
Ahmad Shamlou (via philphys
)
