Quote #63: “Art is pattern…”
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Quote # 62: “The sound of laughter…” Milan Kundera
The Sistine Chapel photo © by Sharon Emmons-Mason
“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.”
Milan Kundera
Quote # 62: “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” by Henry Miller
“Hummingbird” illustration 2016 by jpbohannon
“I see myself forever and ever as the ridiculous man, the lonely soul, the wanderer, the restless frustrated artist, the man in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable.”
Henry Miller, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
(via honeyforthehomeless)
Quote #61: Patti Smith on Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
“[Sylvia Plath was] a poet with hair worthy of a Breck commercial and the incisive observational powers of a female surgeon cutting out her own heart.”
Patti Smith on Sylvia Plath
Quote #60: “Everybody’s queer… .” Eileen Myles
Quote #58: “After silence… .” Aldous Huxley
“After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
Aldous Huxley, “The Rest is Silence”
(As cited on BrainPickings)
Quote #57: “Then the big elm shot up ahead…”
“Elm Tree” illustration 2016 by jpbohannon
“Then the big elm shot up ahead, lying in wait for them at the bend of the road, and he said between his teeth: ‘We can fetch it; I know we can fetch it–‘”
Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome
Quote #56: “Something’s lost but…” Joni Mitchell
“Something’s lost but something’s gained in living every day.”
Joni Mitchell, “Both Sides Now”
Quote #55: “With one kiss…” Pablo Neruda
Portrait of Pablo Neruda by Andrea Ventura
“With one kiss, you will know all that I haven’t said.” Pablo Neruda
(En un beso, sabrás todo lo que he callado)
Quote #54: “Love not lightly” from M Train by Patti Smith
“Zen Stone in Western Sky” 2016 by jpbohannon
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