"Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith. Faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

#Doe Quotes #Stories Quotes #Littles Quotes

“What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?”
“Why is it we love so fully what has washed up on the beaches of our hearts, those lost messages, lost friends, the daylight stars we never get to see? Bad luck never takes a vacation, my friend once wrote. It lies there among the broken shells and stones we collect, a story he would say begins with you, with me, a story that is forever lost among the backwaters of our lives, our endless fear of ourselves, and our endless need for hope, a story, perhaps an answer, a word suddenly on wing, the simple sound of a torn heart, or the unmistakable scent of the morning's fading moon.”
“Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.”
“I should have known. The first tip I got was when she rarely showed up in court for the second trial.”
“I can't tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that often art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge to the innocent and shown to the future what the past suffered, so that it has never been forgotten. Art, when it functions like this, becomes a meeting-place of the invisible, the irreducible, the enduring, guts, and honor.”

Source : John Berger (2011). “Keeping a Rendezvous”, p.9, Vintage
“Never confuse movement with action.”
“I feel something vibrating and I really hope it's your phone." Serana told Dan, who blushed.”
“THE FATHER: But don't you see that the whole trouble lies here? In words, words. Each one of us has within him a whole world of things, each man of us his own special world. And how can we ever come to an understanding if I put in the words I utter the sense and value of things as I see them; while you who listen to me must inevitably translate them according to the conception of things each one of you has within himself. We think we understand each other, but we never really do.”

Source : Luigi Pirandello (2016). “Six Characters In Search of an Author”, p.15, Jester House Publishing

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