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Joanna Macy 2
American activist 1929Related quotes
“Have you ever felt that your heart contained so much that it must surely break apart”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.”
“Perhaps the things that break our hearts are the very things that serve to open them.”
Source: The Greatness Guide Book 2: 101 More Insights to Get You to World Class
Source: Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
“She was like a great rose that opens its heart to the whole world.”
The Inferno (1917), Ch. XVI
Context: The woman from the depths of her rags, a waif, a martyr — smiled. She must have a divine heart to be so tired and yet smile. She loved the sky, the light, which the unformed little being would love some day. She loved the chilly dawn, the sultry noontime, the dreamy evening. The child would grow up, a saviour, to give life to everything again. Starting at the dark bottom he would ascend the ladder and begin life over again, life, the only paradise there is, the bouquet of nature. He would make beauty beautiful. He would make eternity over again with his voice and his song. And clasping the new-born infant close, she looked at all the sunlight she had given the world. Her arms quivered like wings. She dreamed in words of fondling. She fascinated all the passersby that looked at her. And the setting sun bathed her neck and head in a rosy reflection. She was like a great rose that opens its heart to the whole world.
