ghalil cibran - the prophet

*picture: nuri iyem

 

"then almitra spoke again and said, "and what of marriage, master?"

and he answered saying:

you were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

you shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.

aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of god.

but let there be spaces in your togetherness,

and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

love one another but make not a bond of love:

let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.

for only the hand of life can contain your hearts.

and stand together, yet not too near together:

for the pillars of the temple stand apart,

and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow."

ghalil cibran - the prophet

merriage?

a reporter asked the couple:
-how did you manage to stay together for 65 years?
the woman replied
-we were born in a time if something was broken we would fix it, not throw it away.

Hugo

"I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured if the entire world was one big machine. I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason. Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do. Maybe it's the same with people. If you lose your purpose, it's like you're broken."
/The movie: Hugo/

When I watched/heard this part of the movie, I cried a lot...