"She thinks how much more space a being occupies in life than it does in death; how much illusion of size is contained in gestures and movements, in breathing. Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest."

-- Michael Cunningham

#Thinking Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Space Quotes

“So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature.”
“No one who shall invoke this Mother of Grace with devotion and perseverance can possibly perish forever.”
“Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.”
“My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades.”
“Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain. (p. 225)”

Source : André Aciman (2008). “Call Me by Your Name: A Novel”, p.225, Macmillan
“Bookstores will not disappear but will exploit digital technologies to increase their virtual and physical inventories, and perhaps become publishers themselves.”
“The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.”
“There is light in the world, and it is us!”

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