"Beyond the terrace, a light breeze stirred the reeds at the edge of the pond. Looking out at this intimate vista, one could see the reeds and a stone lantern and the brightest of the evening's stars floating on the gloaming mirror of the pond. Then the breeze came again to crack the water's surface, and the picture was flooded."

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Source : John Burnham Schwartz (2009). “The Commoner”, p.214, Vintage

John Burnham Schwartz

#Stars Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Light Quotes

“I'm so language-based and I'm so about communicating, and my art has always been very audience-based, and very about being functional and communicating something, and about feeling like I have to be heard.”
“All houses in which men have lived and suffered and died are haunted houses.”

Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “The Red Lamp”, p.35, Overamstel Uitgevers
“Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.”
“When you are not willing to fully receive, you are training the universe not to give to you! It's simple: if you aren't willing to receive your share, it will go to someone else who is.”
“Seeing that he owns absolutely nothing to â€˜repayâ€™ his debt, â€˜his own consciousnessâ€™ of the fact â€˜that he is himself the very substanceâ€™ of debt, so must he â€˜repayâ€™ with himself, so must he â€˜returnâ€™ himself to Him Who owns him absolutely.”
“Maybe sometimes you just feel like everything can be taken from you all at once.”
“If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.”
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.”

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