“A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really knowing, we divine; our life has a sister ship, following quietly another route. While the sun blazes behind the islands.” JoyNightWaterBehindsSunKnowingOur LivesDivineSorrowSummerGlassesFollowingShipsIslandsHorizonEnginesFar AwayRoutesDewJoys And SorrowsMagnifyingSummer NightsMagnifying Glass Author:Tomas Transtromer
“All snowmen look to the sky, knowing their death will be delivered by the horizon. Before dawn, their life becomes the darkest. The moment before the sun burns all. The Snowmen go mental. Kill or be killed. I only just escaped the violent puddles, the sticks and stones. The broken carrot noses.” LooksMomentsSunKnowingSkyBrokenStonesSticksViolentNosesDawnHorizonCarrotsPuddlesSticks And StonesSnowman Author:Craig Stone
“To hold happiness is to hold the understanding that the world passes away from us, that the petals fall and the beloved dies. No amount of mockery, no amount of fashionable scowling will keep any of us from knowing and savoring the pleasure of the sun on our faces or save us from the adult understanding that it cannot last forever.” WorldLastsFacesDiesFallUnderstandingPleasureSunForeverKnowingAmountAdultsBelovedFashionablePassing AwayMockeryPetalsSavoring Author:Amy Bloom
“Motherhood goes back in history to a time when a father had no way of knowing his children. Fatherhood only became known when class patriarchal society had established itself and imposed monogamous marriage on women. Motherhood is like sun and rain and plants, a quality and product of nature which does not require laws or systems in order to exist.” WayChildrenDoeLawOrderFatherQualityKnownClassSunKnowingProductsRainPlantMotherhoodFatherhoodPatriarchal SocietySun And Rain Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“In truth we are not separate from each other or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in quiet wonderment, without knowing anything, there is just one mysteriously palpitating aliveness.” WorldWholeEarthUniverseStarsSunKnowingListeningQuietMoonBillionsJust One Book:The Light of Discovery Source: The Light of Discovery
“Life isn't about the cherished moments it is also about the hard ones. Just knowing each day that you will arise with the bright shining sun in your eyes. And end with the cool breeze upon your face as you slowly reflect the day that passed by.” EndsHardMomentsEyeFacesSunKnowingShiningAriseEach DayYour FaceBreeze Author:Mother Teresa
“Let's drop the whole 'atheist evangelism' thing and call out bullshit questions like 'what does atheism have to offer?' for just what they are: Bullshit. I mean, what does knowing that the Earth goes around the Sun have to offer? Who cares? It just is.” MeanDoeWholeCareEarthSunKnowingAtheismOffersAtheistBullshitWho CaresEvangelism Author:Rebecca Watson