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If the stars fell
If the stars fell: Every person, you see, is like a plant. There is a beautiful green part, often with flowers or fruit, that grows upward toward the sun, toward the Increate. There is also a dark part that grows away from it, tunneling where no light comes. Was I speaking of good and evil? It is the roots that give the plant the strength to climb toward the sun, though they know nothing of it. The things we love in others and admire in ourselves spring from things we do not see and seldom think about.

-Book of the New Sun
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Spurious_Profile
Spurious_Profile: I like that.
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A_Muse_Mint101
A_Muse_Mint101: Aye, it's a good way of putting the last line into a story mode of persuasion and understanding.
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wave555
wave555: Lovely perspective... and truth as well!!
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wave555
wave555: Who's the author of tht book, Stars?? (srry my ignorance )
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If the stars fell
If the stars fell: Gene Wolfe
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fustler
fustler: I love this! I just posted something to this effect a few days ago. We should (as we try to understand others) thank the dirt for the flowers.
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Katt_is_Back85
Katt_is_Back85: That's really awesome.💜
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izabella2010
izabella2010: This is profound, our reaction towards the other is the mirror of ourselves .. Nice to meet you
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If the stars fell
If the stars fell: nice to meet you too =)
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