...I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable self.
Muriel BarberyIf you want to heal Heal others And smile or weep At this very happy reversal of fate
Muriel BarberyBecause beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It's the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you can see both their beauty and their death.
Muriel BarberyTalent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge.
Muriel BarberyThis pause in time, within time ... When did I first experience the exquisite sense of surrender that is only possible with another person? The peace of mind one experiences on one's own, one's certainty of self in the serenity of solitude, are nothing in comparison to the release and openness and fluency one shares with another, in close companionship.
Muriel Barbery