...the routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. No crisis can break through the crust of habit.
Daphne Du MaurierRead
People who mattered could not take the humdrum world. But this was not the world, it was enchantment; and all of it was mine.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the distinction between the mundane aspects of reality and the magical experiences that individuals can create or perceive in their lives.
Daphne Du Maurier's quote reflects the idea that while many are bogged down by the ordinary nature of life, there exists a sense of wonder and enchantment that one can embrace. It suggests that the experiences that truly matter and resonate are those moments of magic that arise from one's perspective, highlighting the power of personal interpretation and imagination.
In practice
During a motivational speech about finding joy in everyday life.
...the routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. No crisis can break through the crust of habit.
here was a silence between them for a moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a longing to throw modesty and reserve to the winds and confess everything, and an equal determination to conceal the love forever, to be cool, aloof, utterly detached, to die rather than admit a thing so personal, so intimate.
She had to live in this bright, red gabled house with the nurse until it was time for her to die... I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people. Children we understand, their fears and hopes and make-believe.
We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.
How pleasant,' Dona said, peeling her fruit; 'the rest of us can only run away from time to time, and however much we pretend to be free, we know it is only for a little while - our hands and our feet are tied.
A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work.
Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.
It's been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven't been away, guys. I've been working steadily for the last 63 years.
My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.
There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it's peaceful. It's not peaceful. It's the most personal thing you can do, is die, and you feel almost like you're invading someone's most personal moment by being there.
Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice.
We just have to recognize life for what it is: a gift to be grateful for, not a property to cling to, hoard, or defend.
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