“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.” — William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Speaking of Vanity Fair: Looking-Glass
Category: Quotes
l’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
“Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Photos ©2019, Jen Payne. Quote from Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
Lines
“Read between the lines. Then meet me in the silence if you can.” — May Sarton
Photos by Jen Payne
anyway the wind blows
“Everything matters more than we think it does, and, at the same time, nothing matters so much as we think it does. The merest spark may set all Europe in a blaze, but though all Europe be set in a blaze twenty times over, the world will wag itself right again.” — Samuel Butler
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Untold Stories
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
IMAGE: Pregnant Woman, Otto Dix
Present
“We can learn so much from kids. We can learn how to be patient, how to forgive, how to move on, how to be present.” – Novak Djokovic
Location, Location, Location
“The world is full of objects, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more. I prefer, simply, to state the existence of things in terms of time and place.” — Douglas Huebler, Artist
I’ll Take Magic for $100 Alex
Who wants transparency when you can have magic? Who wants prose when you can have poetry? – The Crown (Edward, Duke of Windsor)
On Gratitude
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ― Melody Beattie
IMAGE: Open Door, Brittany, Henri Matisse
Evidence: Frog
Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
“At night I went out into the dark and saw a glimmering star and heard a frog, and Nature seemed to say, Well do not these suffice?” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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