“I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towards sudden grief, or perhaps also sometimes repels. You move away. I moved towards it, I couldn't help it.” SometimesMatterDoneHelpingMovingGriefMovedRoseAncient Book:The Secret Scripture Source: The Secret Scripture
“A beard on a man is only a way of hiding something, his face of course, but also the inner matters, like a hedge around a secret garden, or a cover over a bird cage.” MenWayMatterFacesCoursesSecretBirdGardenHidingCagesBeardSecret GardenHiding SomethingBird Cage Book:The Secret Scripture Source: The Secret Scripture
“It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely to be utterly lost not only to history but the family following them. Of course this is the fate of most souls, reducing entire lives, no matter how vivid and wonderful, to those sad black names on withering family trees, with half a date dangling after and a question mark.” PersonsSoulMatterCoursesNamesLostBlackHalfFateWonderfulTreeMarkFollowingStrikesNurseVividReducingAnecdotesWitheringQuestion Mark Book:The Secret Scripture Source: The Secret Scripture
