"Existence in itself, taken at its least miraculous, is a miracle."

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Source : Rebecca West (1982). “Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Rebecca West

#Taken Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Existence Quotes

“Lucas went even paler. â€œThen youâ€™re on the track to suicide,â€ he whispered. â€œTake my advice, Valentine. Run. Run as fast as you can, for as long as you can. Steal whatever bit of life you can. Youâ€™re already dead.”
“Entrust your dreams and goals to people who will cheer you on and inspire you, who will tell you what you need to hear rather than what you want to hear so you can move forward and fast track.”
“Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and memories of the signs that it's over. It's over.”
“Prayer and contemplation are both exercises in concentration. The normal deluge of conscious thought is restricted and the mind is brought to one conscious area of operation. The results are those you find in any concentrative practice: deep calm, a physiological slowing of the metabolism and a sense of peace and wellbeing”
“Peace and Blessings manifest with every lesson learned. If your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.”

Source : Song: On And On, Album: Baduizm, 1997
“In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the camera's running.”
“There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.”

Source : 1932 Reading,Writing and Remembering, ch.8.
“It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.”

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