2008
Henry Poole moves in to a house in his old neighborhood, to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a "miracle" by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
There is no other day. All days are present now. This moment contains all moments.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
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Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.
Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.
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The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time—for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays.
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
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Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.