"Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained."

-- Philibert Joseph Roux

#Experience Quotes #Illusion Quotes #Lost Quotes

“I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap.”
“Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.”
“mountains had taken the place of religion, had satisfied her religious sense, her need for adoration and worship as no service in any Cathedral, however sublime, had been able to do ...”
“My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.”
“It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.”
“The one continuing problem in my life has always had the shape of just one question: What amusing thing can I do next?”

Source : Evalyn Walsh McLean (2015). “Father Struck It Rich”, p.426, Pickle Partners Publishing
“Shiny musical instruments wailed, their mouths open like lilies.”
“I looked in the mirror and stared at my reflection, until I was in the head-clearing trance that comes when you stare at something for a long time.”

Source : Nick Burd (2009). “The Vast Fields of Ordinary”, p.147, Penguin

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