“Mountain passes slipping into stones,
Hearts and bones.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Hearts and Bones
Song lyrics, Hearts and Bones (1983)
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American poet 1927–2019Related quotes
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: Confucius: The Analects
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
Mitch Albom book The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
Context: Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.
Mitch Albom book The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
“I know the motion of the deepest stone.
Each one's himself, yet each one's everyone.”
Theodore Roethke (1908–1963) American poet
"The Sententious Man," ll. 31-36
Words for the Wind (1958)
Context: p>Is pain a promise? I was schooled in pain,
And found out what I could of all desire;
I weep for what I'm like when I'm alone
In the deep center of the voice and fire.I know the motion of the deepest stone.
Each one's himself, yet each one's everyone.</p