I hear a swelling swoosh; from the south a bullet train whizzes into view on the tracks, knifes through the landscape in a matter of moments, then disappears with a whoosh. It has just covered in a few seconds what has taken me hours to walk. That very fast train reminds me that, as a … Continue reading Quote for Today: Kevin Codd
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Quote for Today: Muriel Barbery
In a split second of eternity, everything is changed, transfigured. A few bars of music, rising from an unfamiliar place, a touch of perfection in the flow of human dealings - I lean my head slowly to one side, reflect on the camellia on the moss on the temple, reflect on a cup of … Continue reading Quote for Today: Muriel Barbery
Quote for Today: William Wordsworth
What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; … Continue reading Quote for Today: William Wordsworth
Quote for Today: Kamand Kojouri
We are told that in translation there is no such thing as equivalence. Many times the translator reaches a fork in the translating road where they must make a choice in the interpretation of a word. And each time they make one of these choices, they are taken further from the truth. But what we … Continue reading Quote for Today: Kamand Kojouri
Quote for Today: Meraaqi
I want to peel away all the labels I had once given to others and place them upon the fabric of my own identity. They have reflected back to me, everything that I refuse to See in myself. ―Meraaqi, Divine Trouble Image © Thomas Leuthard with CCLicense
Quote for Today: William Faulkner
How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home. ―William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying Image © Copyright Neil Theasby with this Creative Commons License
Quote for Today: Wallace J. Nichols
I wondered whether water is a mirror for our darker emotions as much as it is an engine for our happiness. Water quiets all the noise, all the distractions, and connects you to your own thoughts. ―Wallace J. Nichols, Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make … Continue reading Quote for Today: Wallace J. Nichols
