“Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?" Or is it possible for the lamp to say, "I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people"? Or can a tree say, "I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad"? These are images of what love is about.” PeopleGivingLightEvilLove IsRoomsTreeRoseSmellShadeGood PeopleLampsFragranceEvil People Book:Awareness: Conversations with the Masters Source: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
“When you get to a certain level of recognizability, celebrity, you can't go out of the house without someone going, "Can I just have one photo?" I don't mind, by the way, if anyone wants one we can take some photos. But sometimes you just wanna stay in the house or in the hotel room with the shades closed.” IfsWayWantMindSometimesCertainHouseLevelsRoomsHotelShadeHotel Rooms Author:Jack Black
“I once saw, on a flower pot in my own living room, the efforts of a field mouse to build a remembered field. I have lived to see this episode repeated in a thousand guises, and since I have spent a large portion of my life in the shade of a nonexistent tree I think I am entitled to speak for the field mouse.” ThinkingSpeakMy OwnRoomsEffortSawsTreeFieldsFlowerThousandRememberedPotShadePortionsEpisodesEntitledMiceLiving RoomGuise Author:Loren Eiseley
“There is something disorderly about the death of a young person. In a universe disturbed by so much over which we have no control, an untimely tragedy rattles the teeth of our already shaken confidence. We want to domesticate death, fight it on our own turf, in familiar rooms with shades drawn evenly, top sheets turned back, and a circle of hushed voices closing in.” WantPersonsYoungDeathFightingUniverseVoiceRoomsTragedyCirclesTeethFamiliarShadeSheetsClosingDisturbedTurf Book:A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life Source: A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life