#from

The salamanders, like tiny birds, locked into formation, fly down into the endless mysteries of the transforming water, and how could anyone believe that anything in this world is only what it appears to be— that anything is ever final— that anything, in spite of its absence, ever dies a perfect death? (from the poem 'What Is It?') ↗

— Mary Oliver

#death

Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude. ↗

— Ronald Blythe

#death

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#appreciative #celebrity #deal #from time to time #great

The argument from design is hopelessly flawed. Building cathedrals from the top down would provide much better evidence. ↗

— Bauvard

#cathedrals #funny #god #humor #design

This is what our love is––a sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds. ↗

— Aberjhani

#famous-quotes #famous-quotes-from-classic-books #love #relationships #romance

Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace. ↗

— Aberjhani

#angels #famous-quotes-from-classic-books #grace #haiku #haikus

A novel is like a dream in which everyone is you. They’re all parts of yourself. ↗

— Janet Fitch

#writing-from-the-heart #dreams

Wake me up from this dream and tell me. Things aren't as bad as they seem. ↗

— Sara Quin

#our-trees #sara-quin #tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #things-aren-t-as-bad-as-the-seem

And that's the bottom layer in old boxes: melancholy, an indefinable sense of loss. You dig around and it comes swirling up to the top ↗

— John Ajvide Lindqvist

#dreams

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#admirable #from time to time #knowing #nothing #remember