Havenโt you heard of the music of the spheres?โ asked the dragon. โItโs the music that space makes to itself. All the spirits inside all the stars are singing. Iโm a star spirit. I sing too. The music of the spheres is what makes space so peaceful.
Ted HughesHe could not stand. It was not That he could not thrive, he was born With everything but the will โ That can be deformed, just like a limb. Death was more interesting to him. Life could not get his attention.
Ted HughesDo as you like with me. I'm your parcel. I have only our address on me. Open me, or readdress me.
Ted HughesOne day God felt he ought to give his workshop a spring clean... It was amazing what ragged bits and pieces came from under his workbench as he swept. Beginnings of creatures, bits that looked useful but had seemed wrong, ideas he'd mislaid and forgotten... There was even a tiny lump of sun. He scratched his head. What could be done with all this rubbish?
Ted HughesAnd that's how we measure out our real respect for peopleโby the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerateโand enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a mighty river. And as the old Greeks said: live as though all your ancestors were living again through you.
Ted Hughes