Philosophy Quote by Kevin Hearne — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“She'd made life poignant for the Irish. The terror she inspired gave peace its serenity; the pain she caused gave health its lustre; her failure to love made me grateful for my ability to do so, and I realized, far too late, that though I never did or could have loved her as she might have wished, I should have loved her more.”

“Atticus makes gigantic mistakes at times. But there are also times like this one when he makes of his life a poem and achieves an apotheosis of sorts, when his years manifest as wisdom and he spies a path forward that no one else sees until he points it out. And in this case that means not allowing swords to fall where they may.”

“Yer a good lad, Atticus, mowin’ me lawn and killin’ what Brits come around.”

“Yes, I felt guilt. Somehow I had pushed Fand to the precipice without realizing it, and had I not been so blind, perhaps she wouldn't be trying to pull us all over the edge with her now. I was sure Manannan felt it too-the crushing questions of how we got to this place and whether we could have avoided it, where we went wrong, and whether we would ever learn how not to cock up other people's lives in the course of living our own.”

“When he said to give him the sword, I don’t think he meant for you to stick it in his guts.”

“A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.”

“Writing blooms flowers for mind, which last forever.”

“Everybody talks, but there is no conversation.”

“Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point”

“Yesterday, I was sad, tomorrow i may be sad again, but today i know that i am happy. I want to live on and on, delighting like a pagan in all that is physical; and i know that this one lifetime, however long, cannot satisfy my heart.”

“The best physician is also a philosopher.”