You point to something as having Quality and the Quality tends to go away (Robert M. Pirsig)

You point to something as having Quality and the Quality tends to go away. Quality is what you see out of the corner of your eye, and so I look at the lake below but feel the particular quality from the chill, almost frigid sunlight behind me, and the almost motionless wind.

Robert M. Pirsig (Chapter 28, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance)

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