“I thought maybe we mourned not only for the dead but also for the living. We felt their absence before we knew for sure they were gone.” LossMourning Book:In the Shadow of the Banyan Source: In the Shadow of the Banyan
“I said nothing. Deep inside of me, my voice screamed from a hole where I had buried it” SadnessDeepBuriedHole Book:In the Shadow of the Banyan Source: In the Shadow of the Banyan
“For all the loss and tragedy I have known, my life has taught me that the human spirit like the lifted hands of the blind, will rise above chaos and destruction, as wings in flight” InspirationalHope Book:In the Shadow of the Banyan Source: In the Shadow of the Banyan
“A story, I had learned, through my own constant knitting and reknitting of remembered words, can lead us back to ourselves, to our lost innocence, and in the shadow it casts over our present world, we begin to understand what we only intuited in our naivété - that while all else may vanish, love is our one eternity. It reflects itself in joy and grief, in my fathers sudden knowledge that he would not live to protect me, and in his determination to leave behind a part of himself - his spirit, his humanity - to illuminate my path, give light to my darkened world. He carved his silhouette in the memory of the sky for me to return to again and again.” Cambodia Book:In the Shadow of the Banyan Source: In the Shadow of the Banyan
“It’s a gift to imagine heaven, and a rebirth to actually glimpse it.” Cambodia Book:In the Shadow of the Banyan Source: In the Shadow of the Banyan
“Often I lose myself in the constellation of my own ideas, forever searching for point of illumination. But no matter where I look, I find you, shinning and bright, offering me what ever it is I seek, you are my one single star. My sun, my moon, my guide and direction, I know as long as I have you, I'll never lose my way. Even if I can not touch you, I know I will see you, feel you, from anywhere. If I need you I know where to find you” Love Quotes Book:In the Shadow of the Banyan Source: In the Shadow of the Banyan
“Love hides in all sorts of places, in the most sorrowful corner of your heart, in the darkest and most hopeless situation” LoveHeartDarknessSorrow Book:In the Shadow of the Banyan Source: In the Shadow of the Banyan