“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”— Albert Schweitzer, amazon.com
“Out of the nameless and unfathomed weavings of billion-footed life, out of the dark abyss of time and duty, blind chance had brought these two together on a ship, and their first meeting had been upon the timeless and immortal seas that beat forever at the shores of the old earth.”— Thomas Wolfe, amazon.com
“I encounter millions of bodies in my life; of these millions, I may desire some hundreds; but of these hundreds, I love only one.”— Roland Barthes, amazon.com