«He felt in awe with her presence and her eyes spoke to him in the inexplicable language of those sharing the indestructible bond of embracing each other, exactly as they were, without any reservations.»
By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
«For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.»Rainer Maria Rilke
«He was not the man he was before, but he would not be the man he was now if he were to deny or ignore his past. Ultimately, each of those moments were like the pages of his old favourite book. If one of its pages was ripped apart, its soul would be mortally wounded and its essence would not be complete anymore. »By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
«He recognized that he was a receptacle for the flow of experiences and feelings collected along his way through life and that all of them converged together to shape the person he was now.»
By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
«I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.»Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
«While some of those feelings carried with them painful memories and sad moments, others, took him by the hand and walked with him through happy and sunny days.»
By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
«Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don't think you've lost time. There is no short-cutting to life. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.»
Asha Tyson
«He closed the book and stood there in silence, just realizing that all the significant feelings, he had experienced throughout his life, were still alive, though, carefully stored in a safe and recondite place somewhere inside his heart.»
By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
«As he turned the pages, he slowly unveiled the trails he left behind a long time ago. Each note on the side of a page, each underlined paragraph were once the answers to his most profound questions or an accurate verbalization of his deepest feelings.»
By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
«He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.»
Gabriel García Márquez
«The first contact of his hands with its worn out cover instantly brought back distant memories of significant parts of his life.»By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
“Life is but a day:A fragile dewdrop on its perilious wayFrom a tree's summit”
«On those occasions, one’s attention tends to cling to the most inconspicuous details, which due to that unplanned and sudden approach, are likely to be analyzed through a total new perspective. That is why, sometimes, in life, the most unsuspicious gestures might lead us to the great revelations, which are often concealed behind the illusory simplicity of the ordinary things.»By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
«The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.»Mark Twain
«He got up from the sofa and moved toward the bookshelf with the curious eyes and the leisurely attitude of someone, who was unexpectedly confronted with an undesirable surplus of time, and did not know what to do with it.»By Raquel R. in Short Story number 6
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
«He might as well surrender to the evidences, and accept the fact, that the concept of time has different meanings to men and women.»
