Stand Still Like the Hummingbird (New Directions Paperbook)
If the place assigned to the lily is really as unfortunate as possible, so that it can be easily foreseen that it will be totally superfluous all its life, not be noticed by a single person who might find joy in it; if the place and the surroundings are—yes, I had forgotten it was the lily of which we are speaking—are so “desperately” unfortunate,
... See moreSøren Kierkegaard • The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses
Anyway, it seems to me that the way most people go on living (I suppose there are a few exceptions), they think that the world or life (or whatever) is this place where everything is (or is supposed to be) basically logical and consistent.
Jay Rubin • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International)
