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“An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door.”

Men Giving May Littles Two Whole Shows Doors Mystery Hair Keys Words Of Wisdom Weight Heavy Stranger Lions Clue Observers Trifling

Book:The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories

Source: The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories

“Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled-to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world. I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery. I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing-that the light is everything-that it is more than the sum of each flawed blossom rising and fading. And I do.”

World Want Believe Littles Stills Facts Light Life Is Difficult White Fire Mystery Willing Weight Casts Rising Imperfection Floats Flawed Fading

Book:New and Selected Poems, Volume One

Source: New and Selected Poems, Volume One

“It's the centuries, Scarlett darling. All the life lived there, all the joy and all the sorrow, all the feasts and battles, they're in the air around and the land beneath you. It's time, years beyond our counting weighing without weight on the earth. You cannot see it or smell it or hear it or touch it, but you feel it brushing your skin and speaking without sound. Time. And mystery.”

Feels Years Earth Joy Sound Air Mystery Land Century Sorrow Battle Skins Weight Smell Darling Counting Weighing Brushing

Book:Scarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind

Source: Scarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind