I cannot speculate on what our cluttered mind will save- sleepy Sundays, or a nosebleed after love. I know only the dying heart needs the nourishment of memory to live beyond too many winters.
Interpretation
Memories nourish the soul, particularly in difficult times.
This quote reflects on the importance of memories in sustaining us through life's challenges. The imagery of a 'dying heart' emphasizes how essential it is for our emotional well-being to hold onto cherished moments, especially when faced with adversity or the passage of time, as these memories can provide comfort and support during difficult seasons in life.
In practice
During a toast at a wedding, to emphasize the power of love and shared memories.
Knowledge is awareness, and to it are many paths, not all of them paved with logic. But sometimes one is guided through the maze by intuition. One is led by something felt on the wind, something seen in the stars, something that calls from the wasteland to the spirit.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
What if desire wasn't an urge to be tamed, but a beacon of truth to be followed?
Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information comes in all time, and the thing we ought to be thinking about doing is changing our beliefs as that new information comes in.
All merely graceful attributes are usually the most evanescent.
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
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