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1 " To just know a truth is not enough. First, you must understand. And it requires bravery from two people.One to speak it. And one to listen. "
― Ana Johns , The Woman in the White Kimono
2 " A life with love is happy. A life for love is foolish. A life of if only is unbearable. In my seventy-eight years, I have had all three. Grandmother would often say, “So it is with sorrow. So it is with happiness. It will pass.” But even in my old age, when I close my eyes, I can still see the distant flicker of a thousand tiny lights. "
3 " A life with love is happy. A life for love is foolish. A life of if only is unbearable. "
4 " Worry gives a small thing big shadows. "
5 " To understand your direction, you must know both your roots and your reach. "
6 " Time does not discriminate. It does not care if we are happy or sad. It does not slow or hurry. It’s a linear creature, traveling in one direction, constant even through pain. "
7 " Repaired objects hold even more beauty as the restoration becomes part of the object’s history. "
8 " What is truth but a story we tell ourselves? "
9 " Sorrow and happiness do not pass. They burrow in deep and become our bones. We stand on their uneven legs, trying to keep balance when there is none.There is only love. Only truth. "
10 " Anger rips free from a tongue too often silenced. "
11 " Time is a stubborn creature that delights in goading you. When happy, it sprouts wings and flies. When waiting, it drags through thick mud with heavy feet. "
12 " . . . my love is as your shadow, unshakable and always behind you. "
13 " Love and a cough cannot be hidden for it takes everything not to run or shout. "
14 " The Red String of Fate is an old East-Asian belief. It is said the heavens tie a red cord around the little fingers of those ordained to be together. It is an invisible thread that connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break. "
15 " Truth has a proper time, too. If it comes too early or too late, it is both a lie. "
16 " We often wish to destroy what we’re scared of, but by doing so, we destroy ourselves. "
17 " To know your direction you must know both your roots and your reach "
18 " To pick the correct one is fate. To pick the wrong one is also fate. "
19 " Grief releases in spurts.This is heaven's design. If it didn't offer moments of repose, we would die beside those we mourn. Like a switch, it flips agony on and off. On, we are strangled by death until we are near it ourselves. It clicks off before we suffocate. This is the void, the vacuum of nothing. "
20 " Heaven is not some place for your future spirit to rest. It is finding happiness in your current state. And likewise, there are no locks on the gates of hell; it is only suffering and only for a time. "
