Jas of Athens

An anonymous writer coping with the ups and downs of life. Collects quotes for a hobby :) Instagram: @jasofathens

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We are alive. And now the work is to be gentler with ourselves and with the world.

Molly McCully Brown

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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Maya Angelou

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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Where words fail, music speaks.

Hans Christian Andersen

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Halloween approached like a tiger in the night, with a soft rumble of warning…

M. L. Rio, If We Were Villains

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And we stand in front of the mirror every morning, desperate to convince ourselves that the world is not falling apart.

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There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.

Dante Alighieri “There Is A Gentle Thought”

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The woods are human, but the sea is of the company of the archangels.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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This is your autumn, opening, spreading the strong scent of exile and empty letters.

Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence

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Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.

Jim Bishop

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I take a picture, but it's not about who is in the picture or the background of it. It's about the memories and meanings it holds.

Kayla Davis

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The world before us is a postcard, and I imagine the story we are writing on it.

Mary E. Pearson, The Miles Between

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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories.

"A Tale For The Time Being", Ruth Ozeki

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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.

Rick Riordan

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Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

John Ray

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To be effortlessly yourself is a blessing, an ambrosia. It is like a few tiny little puffs of opium which lift you ever so slightly off the hard surface of the world.

Laurie Colwin