If I could make people feel, just for a day or an hour, what it’s like to love with infiniteness, then they would be animals no longer, but some greater creature, deserving of that title human. I’ve bettered a day though. On earth, they will have it thus: from birth to unavoidable death, a man is pumped so full of love that his eyes bleed rainbows and his mouth a barrel of miracles. His hands will heal then make monuments to commemorate it; they’ll press tight and pray for no man, no god but himself; and his mind… his mind will shower like spring rains. He will steal away from the shadow of ambition. He’ll be his own sun and light up the world with new marvels – be they art, philosophies, science – and in his brightness put the mundane, not himself, in shadows, and how rightfully. Each a captain and a maker, a mark-setter and stealer of shows... Earth’s skies will clap with the thunder of our majesty, not with violence, doubt, confusion, futility, and monotony; anything – anything – but the dull drone of duplication and robo-behaviour.
About This Quote
About Richard Ronald Allan, Exit Eleonora
Richard Ronald Allan, Exit Eleonora.
Themes
- Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth
- Love — Quotes exploring romantic love, compassion, and human connection
- Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality
- Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression
- Power — The dynamics of influence, authority, and leadership
- Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world
- Wisdom — Timeless insights drawn from experience and reflection