He was alone in his wonderment, amoung creatures incapable of wonder--for them it was enough to exist and go their way.

John Paul II
He was alone in his wonderment, amoung creatures incapable of...
He was alone in his wonderment, amoung creatures incapable of...
He was alone in his wonderment, amoung creatures incapable of...
He was alone in his wonderment, amoung creatures incapable of...
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When we’re alone, we feel as though we don’t belong, as though we’re not allowed to be who we are. But as long as we’re with other people, “we create our own worlds,” as Tom Stoppard wrote in Arcadia. We turn the world into a wonderland and make it our home.

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