In the depths of the mirror the evening landscape moved by, the mirror and the reflected figures like motion pictures superimposed one on the other. The figures and the background were unrelated, and yet the figures, transparent and intangible, and the background, dim in the gathering darkness, melted into a sort of symbolic world not of this world. Particularly when a light out in the mountains shone in the center of the girl's face, Shimamura felt his chest rise at the inexpressible beauty of it.

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I scorched the earth with my talent and I let my light shine. — André Leon Talley

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I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ― Thomas Edison

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Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon, the moon seen by him becomes him. He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature. The light of the "clear heart" of the priest, seated in the meditation hall in the darkness before the dawn, becomes for the dawn moon its own light.

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Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.

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You are amazing. A true light warrior and this world certainly needs you.

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You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.

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The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night.

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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it — then I can achieve it. ― Muhammad Ali, “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s Journey

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Know what sparks the light in you. Then use that light to illuminate the world. — Oprah Winfrey

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