1984, 30 years after

Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, June 25, 1903 — January 21, 1950

Copenhagen 2014

She pointed to the right where the Baltic sea is. It's a very beautiful and blue sea, the current travels west. Then to the left, the North Sea, also a very beautiful sea but the current travels east. And then she pointed to the middle and she said, that is the prefect relationship. You can look to the left and you can look to the right and both seas are there, and they can meet in the middle but they never lose themselves in each other. They are always themselves no matter what.

Ici ce sont les couleurs...

Cherry Blossom in East Vancouver

Ici ce sont les couleurs qui ont des ailes
Transportant la scène dans une autre région du ciel
Où la doubleur tremble comme un papillon sur une fleur
Un arbre de grâce déposant sur la terre une absence d'ombre
Les regards cherchent en les nôtres le secours d'une confirmation
Qu'une fin si absolue ne peut qu'être vécue éternellement
Comme un commencement

Here it is the colors that have wings
Carrying the stage off to another region of the sky
Where pain quivers like a butterfly on a flower
A tree of grace placing upon the earth an absence of shadow
Eyes seek in ours the succor of a confirmation
That such an absolute end can only be experience eternally
As a beginning
— Heather Dohollau

My candle burns at both ends

Edna St. Vincent Millay

My candle burns at both ends;
it will not last the night;
but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
- it gives a lovely light!

Edna St. Vincent Millay, February 22, 1892 — October 19, 1950

Dear Music,

I will never be able to thank you enough for always being there for me.

The best book opening

Charles John Huffam Dickens, February 7, 1812 — June 9, 1870

Ashoka, 274-232 BCE

The world’s first Buddhist ruler, Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India form 274-232 BCE, was the first ruler in human history to ban slavery, the death penalty, animal cruelty, and deforestation. He even advocated gender equality in education and religious institutions.