Bailey

"There is a certain depth of illness that is piercing in its isolation; the only rule of existence is uncertainty, and the only movement is the passage of time. One cannot bear to live through another loss of function, and sometimes friends and family cannot bear to watch. An unspoken, unbridgeable divide may widen. Even if you are still who you were, you cannot actually fully be who you are. Sometimes the people you know well withdraw, and then even the person you know as yourself begins to change."
Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
September 26, 2011

Coehlo

"Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake."
Paulo Coelho, Brida: A Novel
September 8, 2011

Coelho

"...finding one important thing in your life doesn't mean you have to give up all the other important things."
Paulo Coehlo, Brida: A Novel
September 8, 2011

Coelho

"Get rid of the clothes that were not intended for you,... And wear all the others. It's important to keep the soil turned, the waves crashing, and all your emotions in movement. The whole Universe is moving all the time, and we must do likewise."
Paulo Coehlo, Brida: A Novel
September 7, 2011

Coelho

"An anonymous text from the Tradition says that, in life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they're doing. Then they find they're hemmed in by their own walls. Life loses its meaning when the building stops.

Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.

Gardeners always recognize one another, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole World."

Paul Coehlo, Brida: A Novel
September 4, 2011