Sublime
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entre as coisas e os animais, tudo está repleto de acontecimentos dos quais poderá fazer parte;
Rainer Maria Rilke • Cartas a um jovem poeta (Portuguese Edition)
“Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered. “Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the universe loves nothing so much as to change things which are and to make new things like them. For everything that exists is in a manner the seed of
... See moreJohn Steinbeck • East Of Eden
Even, and perhaps especially, in the bleakest times, we can still discover and awaken beauty; these are precisely the times when we need it most.
John O'Donohue • Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
"I consent to live. All is not at an end on earth since we can still talk nonsense. For that I return thanks to the immortal gods. We lie. One lies, but one laughs. One affirms, but one doubts. The unexpected bursts forth from the syllogism. That is fine. There are still human beings here below who know how to open and close the surprise box o
... See moreVictor Hugo • Les Misérables (English language)

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As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness.
Sailors have an expression about the weather:
E.B. White • E.B. White’s Beautiful Letter to a Man Who Had Lost Faith in Humanity

A man of genius belongs to no period and no country. He speaks the language of nature, which is always everywhere the same.