Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
Maud Muller, by John Greenleaf Whittier
Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.
— C. S. Lewis, “On Stories” https://t.co/wGA8Ixcmye
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men - Roald Dahl
#084 ✰ are you an essentialist?
‘You are a poem – and that is to be the best part of a poet – what makes up the poet’s consciousness in his best moods,’ said Will, showing such originality as we all share with the morning and the spring-time and other endless renewals.
George Eliot • Middlemarch
He is more than clever, he is amusing. He is more than successful, he is alive. You will find him stranded here and there in all sorts of unknown positions, almost always in unsuccessful positions.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
That a man shall have a reasonable amount of comedy and poetry and even fantasy in his life is part of his spiritual health, which is for the service of God; and not merely for his mechanical health, which is now bound to the service of man.