“Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery.” PeopleGovernmentPovertySupportMysteryDesertCommerceAgricultureGreeceBleak Book:The Innocents Abroad Source: The Innocents Abroad
“A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.” HumansTruthSoundBeautyPovertyMysteryPerfectionSightHuman LifeContemplationImperfectSuccessionSight And Sound Author:Lewis Mumford
“EPITAPH Now I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer, but I know a couple things about this life: poverty silence, impermanence discipline and mystery The world is not illusory, we are From crimson thread to toe tag If you are not disturbed there is something seriously wrong with you, I'm sorry And I know who I am I'll be a voice coming from nowhere, inside-- be glad for me.” IfsKnowsWorldVoiceSilencePovertyMysteryCoupleDisciplineSorryGladWho I AmThis LifeKnivesThreadI'm SorryToesDisturbedImpermanenceTagDrawersEpitaphIllusoryCrimsonCouple Things Book:Walking to Martha's Vineyard Source: Walking to Martha's Vineyard
“To do such a thing would be to transcend magic. And I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a man—the mystery, the power, the freedom. Drawbacks I saw none. You have only to think! And I, a shabby, poverty-struck, hemmed-in demonstrator, teaching fools in a provincial college, might suddenly become—this.” ThinkingMenMeanMightWould BeVisionPovertyDoubtSawsMagicMysteryTeachingCollegeFoolMagnificentInvisibilityShabbyDrawbacks Book:The Invisible Man Source: The Invisible Man