“ The flash which illuminates, looks.
— Gaston Bachelard, Pancalism
“ The torch does not illuminate its base.
— Arabian Proverb
“ It is not down on any map; true places never are.
— Herman Melville, Moby Dick
“ When you get to the top of a mountain, keep climbing.
— Zen Aphorism
“ Let me explain a couple of things…Time is short—that’s the first thing. For the weasel, time is a weasel. For the hero, time is heroic. For the whore, time is just another trick. If you’re gentle, your time is gentle. If you’re in a hurry, time flies. Time is a servant if you are its master. Time is your god if you are its dog. We are the creators of time, the victims of time and the killers of time. Time is timeless—that’s the second thing. You are the clock.
— Emit Flesti (Willem Dafoe), Faraway, So Close
“ The heart thinks constantly.
— I Ching, Hexagram 52: 艮 (Ken), keeping still, mountain
“ I cannot be pinned down here and now because I live as well with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual, and still not close enough.
— Paul Klee, tombstone engraving
“ Mirrors are water made abstract.
— Pamela Zoline, The Holland of The Mind
“ Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around a lake.
— Wallace Stevens, Notes Toward A Supreme Fiction
“ A wise man never tries to warm himself in front of a painting of a fire.
— Thomas Banacek, Banacek