in awe of beauty

ppl like aileen with such a spirit to roam the earth free and revel in its beauty always amazed me.. her tribute post to someone sooo young to leave almost had my heart crumble.. and say, "kasayang niya-kabata pa, i wish i had met her."..

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"I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. . . . There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well—or ill?"

From East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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not much is happening in this lonely overcast city.. i wish i were home..having someone does not neccessarily make one less lonely..

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The world is big and wondrous, full of odd sights and strange beasts and weird noises and charmingly demented people with great stories to tell and (despite the increasing scarcity) more than a few wild places…

–David Quammen, Wild Thoughts From Wild Places