“It is true that these mysteries are dreadful, and people have always drawn away from them. But where can we find anything sweet and glorious that would never wear this mask, the mask of the dreadful? Whoever does not, sometimes or other, give his full consent, his full and joyous consent to the dreadfulness of life, can never take possession of the unutterable abundance and power of our existence; can only walk on its edge, and one day, when the judgment is given, will have been neither alive nor dead.” PeopleGivingDoeHas BeensSometimesGivenWalksExistenceAliveMysterySweetOne DayJudgmentEdgesPossessionGloriousAbundanceMaskConsentJoyous Book:The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus: A Dual Language Edition Source: The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus: A Dual Language Edition
“In the 66 years that I have been alive, there has not been one hour, of one day, of one month, of one year, when there has not been a threat aimed at us.” YearsHas BeensLiteratureHoursAliveMonthsOne DayThreatOne Hour Author:Frederick Forsyth
“Weird, isn't it Somehow in the dead of winter when its 40 below, so cold your words just freeze in the air, you think you'll never hear a robin's song again or see a blossom on a cherry tree, when one day you wake up and bingo, light coming through the mini blinds is softened with a tick of rose and the cold morning air has lost its bite. It's spring once again, the streets are paved with mud and the hills are alive with the sound of mosquitos.” ThinkingLightSongLostSoundMorningAliveAirTreeStreetsColdOne DaySpringWake UpRoseWinterHillsBitesMudFreezeCherriesRobinsTickCherry TreesBingoMorning AirCold Morning Author:Andrew Schneider
“Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive... Everything that is unattainable for us now will one day be near and clear... But we must work.” KnowsMenDiesClearFiveAliveOne DayHundredSensesNinetyUnattainableFive Senses Book:The Cherry Orchard Source: The Cherry Orchard
“In one day, I have times where I'm feeling great, I feel like I love my life, and then 2:30 rolls around and I'm the angriest man alive. My wife sees it.” MenFeelsFeelingsAliveWifeOne DayMy WifeLove Of My LifeI Love My LifeFeeling Great Author:Adam Sandler
“One day a hummingbird flew in-- It fluttered against the window til I got it down where I could reach it with an open umbrella-- --When I had it in my hand it was so small I couldn't believe I had it--but I could feel the intense life--so intense and so tiny-- ...You were like the humming bird to me... And I am rather inclined to feel that you and I know the best part of one another without spending much time together-- --It is not that I fear the knowing-- It is that I am at this moment willing to let you be what you are to me--it is beautiful and pure and very intensely alive.” KnowsFeelsBelieveMomentsHandsTogetherBeautifulKnowingAliveWillingOne DayPureBirdWindowSpendingTinyIntenseFlewUmbrellaTime TogetherHummingHummingbirds Author:Georgia O'Keeffe