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To: Rambi who wrote (4520)9/16/1999 4:13:00 PM
From: mr.mark  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13018
 
there is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

- francis bacon



To: Rambi who wrote (4520)9/16/1999 4:54:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 13018
 
"The moon had the old moon in her arms."

~Dorothy Wordsworth

Tuesdays with Morrie-very nice. I will have to find this book. What a great belief. It evokes harmony in each other, even in death, with nature. Too bad our belief systems tend to be opposite.
Does the book say who they are?

"I love old moons. There is something humanized
about them; they are dulled a little, and rich in
color. One can stare all night at an old moon."

~Anne Bosworth Greene, The Lone Winter 1923

Have you read "The Rabbit in the Moon" by Ryokan?
That always saddens the 'child' in me.



To: Rambi who wrote (4520)9/20/1999 2:01:00 AM
From: Volsi Mimir  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13018
 
"Love is the only rational act"
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"The truth is, Mitch," he said, "once you learn
how to die, you learn how to live."

"But here's the secret:___(page 157)___

~Morrie

I let tears continue down my cheek, like rain,
it too nurtures. Now I will buy a half-dozen to give to those that I love. Thank you. This hits home. I have recently lived much of this. And as Morrie wished, I think he is immortal.
ABC nightline site- morrie:
204.202.137.111