The Still Point

At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered.
Neither movement from nor towards, Neither ascent nor decline.
Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.


 - T. S. Eliot, "Burnt Norton," in Four Quartets,15-16.

My Ocean

"Life is like the ocean. It can be calm or still, and rough and rigid, but in the end it is always beautiful."



 -Who said this?

Defeats

"...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure and time. Less time is crystal. Less than that is coal. Less than that is fossilized leaves. Less than that is just plain dirt. In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats- maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats- but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be."

-Maya Angelou

Perspective

"My barn having burned down
I can now see the moon."

-Mizuta Masahide

Fearless

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”

- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein 

Remember and Redemption

"Redemption comes when you remember who you are."

-in reference to almost every fairy tale originally told/written


-Maria Tatar

Redemption

"And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good."

-Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner ch. 23