I LOVE this quote by the author who wrote the children's series about King Arthur from which Disney pulled The Sword in the Stone. It demonstrates beautifully, in spite of all our grumbling about petty things (and big things we can't control), there is always the smallest, glowing ember which just needs a gentle breath of a sigh of resignation or even the slightest breeze when we turn our backs to walk away, to create an inferno of Hope and optimism. The human spirit is only destructible if we lose love,beauty, faith or hope.
“Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness. Unfortunately the happiness is there. There is always the chance (about eight hundred and fifty to one) that another heart will come to mine. I can't help hoping, and keeping faith, and loving beauty. Quite frequently I am not so miserable as it would be wise to be.”
― T.H. White, Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome
― T.H. White, Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome
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