“It is a hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.”

– Ludwig Wittgenstein

“I know of only one duty, and that is to love.”

– Albert Camus

“Are you happy, Cyrus?” I ask her. She turns to me again, and this time tears are streaming down her cheeks. She smiles through her tears. “Happy?” she says to me. “Does it matter? Happiness exists only in moments that are soon lost anyway.”

– From The Dream by David Stoner

“The great tragedy in life is that we all know how to live meaningfully and still don’t.”

– David W. Stoner

“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”

– Albert Camus

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

– Albert Camus

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche

“When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”

– Friedrich Nietzsche

David W. Stoner is an author who currently lives in Colorado. His first published work, The Dream, and his first novel, The Dance of Light and Shadow, are both available on Amazon. Check out the links below for more details.

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