"There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky."

-- Dejan Stojanovic

#Sky Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Singing Quotes

“Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed as something temporal nor can the latter - time - be addressed as a being.”
“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.”
“Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.”
“The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.”
“Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks.”
“Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.”

Source : Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”
“A sickening howl stopped her, sucking the air out of her lungs. The night's chatter silenced, even the loitering city rats pausing to listen. Scarlet had heard wild wolves before, prowling the countryside in search of easy prey on the farms. But never had a wolf's howl send a chill down her spine like that.”
“Perhaps if human desire is said out loud, the urban planes, the prisons, the architectural mirrors will take off, as airplanes do. The black planes will take off into the night air and the night winds, sliding past and behind each other, zooming, turning and turning in the redness of the winds, living, never to return.”

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