„And mine a shielded heart for herWho gathers simples of the moon.“

— James Joyce

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„And if he had judged her harshly? If her life were a simple rosary of hours, her life simple and strange as a bird's life, gay in the morning, restless all day, tired at sundown? Her heart simple and willful as a bird's heart?“
— James Joyce
„15. As in the night when the sun is not present, one sees the light in the moon, the man who is not present in the heart, sees merely the mind.“
— Ramana Maharshi
„Amazing how the heart clutches at anything familiar, whimpering Mine! Mine!“
— Margaret Atwood
„And she arose, and in that darkening roomStood lonely as a spirit of the night —Stood calm and fearless in the gathered night —And raised her eyes to heaven. There were tearsUpon her face, but in her heart was peace.Peace that the world nor gives nor takes away!“
— Lewis Carroll
„14. Just as the sun gives light to the moon this heart bestows the effulgence on the mind.“
— Ramana Maharshi