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dancingyel) wrote2002-05-02 12:50 am
dancingyel) wrote2002-05-02 12:50 am
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random quote that i really like
i've been meaning to post this for over a week, but kept on forgeting...so here it is.
"When struck by a moment of awesome beauty -- the first glance at a masterpiece of man or nature -- we are silent. Later, words rush to fill the void, to explain the experience; but at first we cannot speak. Silence is the mother tongue of awe.
The same experience occurs with a pang of deep love. There are moments when looking at someone will flood a heart, and words seem not only inadequate, but a cheapening of the marvel of emotion. Later, when the rush of love subsides, we may be able to mouth the words 'I love you.' Yet the initial power of experience is captured only in silence."
David J. Wolpe, The Healer of Shattered Hearts
"When struck by a moment of awesome beauty -- the first glance at a masterpiece of man or nature -- we are silent. Later, words rush to fill the void, to explain the experience; but at first we cannot speak. Silence is the mother tongue of awe.
The same experience occurs with a pang of deep love. There are moments when looking at someone will flood a heart, and words seem not only inadequate, but a cheapening of the marvel of emotion. Later, when the rush of love subsides, we may be able to mouth the words 'I love you.' Yet the initial power of experience is captured only in silence."
David J. Wolpe, The Healer of Shattered Hearts