"We are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain. But likewise are we the children of an indifferent universe. We break our own hearts imposing our moral order on what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos."

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Source : "Wildwood". Book by Colin Meloy, August 30, 2011.

Colin Meloy

#Beautiful Quotes #Children Quotes #Pain Quotes

“When the mind is attuned to the cosmic law, all the laws of nature are in perfect harmony with the aspirations of the mind.”
“I want to be aware of how I treat others, not thinking too highly of myself to be a servant in a culture which tries to place me on a throne that only God should sit.”
“Memories are like water.”
“Unless we're talking about old-school, witchcraft-trial violence, can we please phase out the phrase 'girl crush?' While we're at it, if we can axe 'like, total girl crush' unless Total Girl Crush is the name of a fizzy soft drink, in which case I'll take two, thank you.”
“I'm interested in a lot of the languages that drive our culture. I'm interested in user experience as language or how societal malaise takes root.”
“Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.”

Source : C. J. Sansom (2008). “Revelation”, p.180, Pan Macmillan
“We must be listened to: above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisely because unexpected, not foreseen by anyone. It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere.”
“Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.”

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