Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before
the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the
silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the
hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of
people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the
moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is
different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully. [Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth]
This is a curious time for me, similar in ways to some other
times yet wholly itself. I love the quiet that’s teaching me so gently.
My imagination functions much better when I don't have
to speak to people. [Patricia Highsmith]
There is just so much that is BEautimous about this… and so
fitting for me. Especially Now.
…and you try to quiet your mind so you can hear what
that landscape or character has to say above the other voices in your mind. [Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life]
Sometimes a quiet mind is a little slice of Heaven.
And sometimes, the voices are a lovely choir singing the
sweetest songs…
I love you, Currie
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