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This volume compiles a selection of short narratives that delve into diverse subjects and locations, offering readers a glimpse into different worlds and perspectives.
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“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
“Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.”
“Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.”
“We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting”
“If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.”
“Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery.”
“Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.”
“Perhaps a man may commit suicide in self-defense.”
“The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.”
“The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.”
“The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds.”
“How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper.”
“We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.”
“Make me, oh God, the prey of the Lion, ere you make the rabbit my prey”
“Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.”
“If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.”
“A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes.”
“Only love and death will change all things.”
“Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other.”
“Love is the veil between lover and lover.”
“Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry.”
“A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.”
“Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born”
“Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.”
“Give me an ear and I will give you a Voice.”
“Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.”
“The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.”
“When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.”
“A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.”
“A root is a flower that disdains fame.”