Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, … - Yann Martel

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.

Yann Martel

Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the music ends, the magic, the uplifting, vanishes and the window slams shut. Words, on the other hand, by the nature of how they work, emotions evoked by dint of carefully laid out thoughts, have a more lingering effect.

Ends, Like, Moving, Reality, Uplifting

Same Author Quotes

A realization that the founding principle of existence is what we call love, which works itself out sometimes not clearly, not cleanly, not immediately, nonetheless ineluctably.

Call, Existence, Inspirational, Life, Principles, Realization

There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God. . . These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside.

Defend, Failing, God, People, Realizing

Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.

Dangerous, Father, Mirror, Regularly, Wall, Zoos

The animals might embody certain traits. We think of tigers as being ferocious, etc. But to my mind, it was the other way around: the humans embodied certain animal traits.

Animal, Certain, Ferocious, Mind, Thinking, Traits

It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.

Heart, Heavy, Letting Go, Said, Should Have, Things