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“...yes, in the obscured sky a moon does float, newly, a wishing moon, a sliver of ancient rock, a goddess, a wink.”

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“A few flat clouds folded themselves like crepes over fillings of apricot sky. Pompadours of supper-time smoke billowed from chimneys, separating into girlish pigtails as the breeze combed them out, above the slate rooftops. Chestnut blossoms, weary from having been admired all day, wore faint smiles of anticipation.”

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“Like the kite that caught up to the sky, painted with clouds, I lost track of it, but it was connected by string, something I was holding, something I could always bring back.”

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Book:Hourglass Museum

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“Blossom time, drunk together, banishing spring sorrow; drunk, we broke off flowering limbs, counters for our rounds of wine. Suddenly I remembered my old friend, gone to the edge of the sky: by my reckoning, today he must have reached Liang-chou.”

Book:The Selected Poems of Po Chü-i

Source: The Selected Poems of Po Chü-i

“You never get tired of looking at the stars”

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Book:The Planetary Omnibus

Source: The Planetary Omnibus

“The sun kept dipping down into the ocean and the lights came on at the harbor, casting sudden shadows on the ground, illuminating the faces that were just a second ago silhouettes. The sky was golden and purple, the ocean a darker shade of violet.”

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Book:Never Always Sometimes

Source: Never Always Sometimes

“Mahtab looked out of the window at the moon clearing the rooftops, bathing everything around in its silver light. She sighed, envying Nasim's freedom. For just like Mahtab's namesake, as the moonlight was beholden to the sun, she was beholden to her family.”

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Book:Tehran Moonlight

Source: Tehran Moonlight

“The sky both exists and doesn’t exist. It has substance and at the same time doesn’t. And we merely accept that vast expanse and drink it in.”

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Author:Haruki Murakami

“As you look up to see the stars,keep watching the ground with your feet.”

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Author:R. N. Prasher

“But it was too late. I was down the steps and out the door, where the warm night air almost felt like forgiveness.”

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Book:Girl Defective

Source: Girl Defective

“I'm one of those who doesn't think there is much difference between an atomic scientist and a man who cleans the crappers except for the luck of the draw - parents with enough money to point you toward a more generous death. of course, some come through brilliantly, but there are thousands, millions of others, bottled up, kept from even the most minute chance to realize their potential.”

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