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“Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
“My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.”
“When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.”
“If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.”
“Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.”
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”
“There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.”
“In truth we gaze but do not see, and hearken but do not hear; we eat and drink but do not taste.”
“Many indeed are the owls who know no song unlike their own hooting.”
“Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery.”
“Who would sorrow for a sea that is unveiling its face, or for a mountain that laughs in the sun?”
“Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.”
“Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment.”
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
“Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”
“God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real.”