Athens, Greece - 2007 1. “A boat at midnight sent alone
To drift upon the moonless sea.
A lute, whose leading chord is gone,
A wounded bird, that hath but one
Imperfect wing to soar upon,
Are like what I am, without thee.”
2. “A narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,
The past, the future, two eternities.”
3. “And when once the heart of a maiden is stolen,
The maiden herself will steal after it soon.”
4. "An enchanted life has many moments when the heart is overwhelmed with beauty and the imagination is electrified by some haunting quality in the world or by a spirit or voice speaking from deep within a thing, a place, or a person. Enchantment may be a state of rapture and ecstasy in which the soul comes to the foreground, and the literal concerns of survival and daily preoccupation at least momentarily fade into the background."
5. "Art gives us the presence of the mystery without losing the mystery."
6. "A soul mate is someone to whom we feel profoundly connected, as though the communicating and communing that take place between us were not the product of intentional efforts, but rather a divine grace. This kind of relationship is so important to the soul that many have said there is nothing more precious in life."
7. “But there's nothing half so sweet in life
As love's young dream.”
8. “Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
9. “I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart,
I know that I love thee, whatever thou art.”
10. “It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture the soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal value: downtime for reflection, conversation, and reverie; beauty that is captivating and pleasuring; relatedness to the environs and to people; and any animal's rhythm of rest and activity.”
11. “One kiss the maiden gives, one last,
Long kiss, which she expires in giving.”
12. “One of those passing rainbow dreams,
Half light, half shade, which fancy's beams
Paint on the fleeting mists that roll,
In trance or slumber, round the soul!”
13. ”This speck of life in time's great wilderness
This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,
The past, the future, two eternities!”
14. “This world is all a fleeting show,
To man's illusion given;
The smiles of joy, the tears of woe,
Deceitful shine, deceitful flow -
There's nothing true but heaven.”
15. “Yes, loving is a painful thrill,
And not to love more painful still;
But oh, it is the worst of pain,
To love and not be lov'd again.”
