….
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul
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I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way …
— Pablo Neruda, “Sonnet XVII”
“I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a place from which someone has left you, but there is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”
— Haruki Murakami, “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.”
— Howard Zinn
Ray of light
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
- Gandhi
The Cloisters
“There is a place where time stands still.”
Einstein’s Dreams
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