lightness Quotes

“For seven years he had lived bound to her, his every step subject to her scrutiny. She might as well have chained iron balls to his ankles. Suddenly his step was much lighter. He soared. He had entered Parmenides’ magic field: he was enjoying the sweet lightness of being.”

“Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly if there wasn’t someone, somewhere, laughing?”

“Lightness, like anything inherited at great cost, was a lonely gift.”

“I was a feral wanderer, yearning for lightness. I searched for something strange yet wholly comforting.”