Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[In the Company of the Holy Mother, 66-67]
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[In the Company of the Holy Mother, 66-67]
“How could you be heartbroken and happy at the same time?”
Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls
Source: City of Lost Souls
“I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.”
Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Culture
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)
Variant: You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Paavo Haavikko (1931–2008) Finnish poet and writer from 20th century
Paavo Haavikko, in: John Taylor (2010), Into the Heart of European Poetry. p. 329
“How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?”
Gillian Rubinstein Tales of the Otori
Source: Across the Nightingale Floor