“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.” BelieveBodyMovingPassionI BelieveGreaterAirBloodCapableGreater Things Book:Kokoro Source: Kokoro
“If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders - What would you tell him?" I…don't know. What…could he do? What would you tell him?" To shrug.” IfsKnowsWorldTryingStillsRunningLastsEffortSawsGreaterBloodArmsShouldersKneesGiantsChestsBoresTremblingAtlas Book:Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
“You couldn't pretend you had lost nothing... you had to begin there, not let your blood freeze over. If your heart turned away at this, it would turn away at something greater, then more and more until your heart stayed averted, immobile, your imagination redistributed away from the world and back only toward the bad maps of yourself, the sour pools of your own pulse, your own tiny, mean, and pointless wants.” IfsWorldWantHeartMeanTurnsLostImaginationGreaterBloodTinyMapsPoolPulsePointlessFreezeSour Book:Birds of America: Stories Source: Birds of America: Stories