Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.
We need the books that affect us like disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition
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Graham Greene
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
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Kahlil Gibran
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
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Edward Chapin
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
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Jewish proverb
Regina Spektor: The Sword & the Pen
"Beauty through my eyes"
About this blog: This is where I'll post everything I find beautiful, soul stirring, or inspiring, ranging from music, to poetry, to other types of writing to images to quotes.
