Christian Bobin quote — “Nothing is owed to us in life, not even the innocence of a blue sky. G…”

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Nothing is owed to us in life, not even the innocence of a blue sky. Great art is the art of thankfulness for the abundance of every moment. Writing is a Chinese variant of this thankfulness, a courtesy to life in its cloak of nothing, lined with love.

Christian Bobin art life love thankfulness writing

Walter Kirn

If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable …

Charles Edward Merriam

Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the o…

Jerome K. Jerome