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c3a036d The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside a place for so long that the mind and imagination fuse. Terry Tempest Williams
2ac0297 I am leaving this tower and returning home. When I speak with family, and comments are always the same, 'Won't you be glad to get back to the real world?' This is my question after two weeks of time, only two weeks, spent with prairie dogs, 'What is real?' What is real? These prairie dogs and the lives they live and have adapted to in grassland communities over time, deep time? What is real? A gravel pit adjacent to one of the last remainin.. Terry Tempest Williams
02c3a90 We know the quality of another's heart through her voice. Terry Tempest Williams
8510304 Members of the Coyote Clan are not easily identified, but there are clues. You can see it in their eyes. They are joyful and they are fierce. They can cry louder and laugh harder than anyone on the planet. And they have an enormous range. The Coyote Clan is a raucous bunch: they have drunk from desert potholes and belched forth toads. They tell stories with such virtuosity that you'll swear you've been in the presence of preachers. The Coyo.. Terry Tempest Williams
c51870f The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" "Come, we shall have some fun now!", thought Alice. "I'm glad they've begun asking riddles - I believe I can guess that," she added aloud. "Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare. "Exactly so," said Alice. "Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastil.. Lewis Carroll
1dc6aeb I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and, what's more, I don't believe you do either! Lewis Carroll
ab692f8 burning with curiosity Lewis Carroll
fca6e56 Then it doesn't matter which way you walk...-so long as I get somewhere. bunny fiction white-queen Lewis Carroll
d8d1f4d She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; motivation relatable Lewis Carroll
2aa730d And never, never, dear madam, put 'Wednesday' simply as the date! madness time Lewis Carroll
743cbdc How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spread his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws! Lewis Carroll
a1d467d You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off." pg. 199" Lewis Carroll
b0dc736 Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution. Philip Yancey
1140c28 Where is God when it hurts? We know one answer because God came to earth and showed us. You need only follow Jesus around and note how he responded to the tragedies of his day: large-scale tragedies such as an act of government terrorism in the temple or a tower collapsing on eighteen innocent bystanders; as well as small tragedies, such as a widow who has lost her only son or even a Roman soldier whose servant has fallen ill. At moments li.. compassion doubt faith Philip Yancey
d09b69f Family is the one human institution we have no choice over. We get in simply by being born, and as a result we are involuntarily thrown together with a menagerie of strange and unlike people. Church calls for another step: to voluntarily choose to band together with a strange menagerie because of a common bond in Jesus Christ. I have found that such a community more resembles a family than any other human institution. Henri Nouwen once defi.. church faith family Philip Yancey
dcb3d32 C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs by the rules of ungrace, allures us to trade away grace for power, a temptation the church has often been unable to resist. Philip Yancey
170fce4 As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can "handle" my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vindictive feelings need God's correction - but only by taking those feelings to God will I have the opportunity for correction and healing." healing prayer psalm rage Philip Yancey
2278906 We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny. Philip Yancey
2ec291e On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and theological lessons, he reached out with healing and compassion. He forgave sin, healed the afflicted, cast out evil, and even overcame death. Philip Yancey
6ed1d4d I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do -- Edward Everett Hale Amy Harmon
786fa72 Baptists: I'm a pious guy, but even I have my limits. I draw the line right around spending 8 hours in church every Sunday. Church should be a solemn 45 minutes to sit quietly and feel guilty, with donuts at the end to make you feel better. I don't go in for a full day of singing and dancing and rejoicing, no matter how nice the hats are. I prefer my Gospel monotonously droned to me from a pulpit, thank you very much. religion Stephen Colbert
93f2161 Sorry, but retirement offends me. You don't just stop fighting in the middle of a war because your legs hurt. So why do you get to stop working in the middle of your life just because your prostate hurts? That's desertion. Stephen Colbert
c10a140 We talk about the shiny little nothings we see - people and cars and cathedrals, even la Tour Eiffel - but it's not that we don't have anything meaningful to say. The feeling is that we have everything to say. And where do you begin with everything? Stephanie Perkins
49e8236 And even though he doesn't mean it like I-want-to-leave-my-girlfriend-and-start-dating-you cute, something flickers inside of me. The "force of strength and destruction" Tita de la Garza knew so well." Stephanie Perkins
403c9f5 I thought I did." Josh stares out over the city. "And then I knew I didn't, and she knew she didn't, but we stayed together, because...I don't know why. Maybe because we thought we should be in love. At least I did. I wanted to be in love." He looks back at me. "Have you ever been in love?" Stephanie Perkins
32d91b7 Porque tenia razon. Para nosotros dos, casa no es un lugar. Es una persona. Stephanie Perkins
3c68e05 Thr rareness, the specialness, of North. Of this night. She wished it could last forever. (It's a yuletide miracle, Charlie Brown) Stephanie Perkins
9fa24a8 Don't be a chickenshit. Tell him how you feel." "What if he doesn't love me?" "He does." "What if he doesn't?" "Ugh, then who cares? You won't lose anything you haven't already lost." Stephanie Perkins
70e2384 Mis botas de combate con plataformas abren el camino. Y mantengo mi cabeza en alto hacia mi gran entrada, de la mano del chico que me dio la luna y las estrellas. Stephanie Perkins
770b0cb His eyes follow me everywhere, and we keep sharing smiles that feel like secrets.(Kiersten White) Stephanie Perkins
054c45e I'll only say this once more. I like you. I've always liked you. It would be wrong for me to come back into your life and act otherwise. lola-nolan Stephanie Perkins
2860a02 You'll come home soon?" I ask. The question makes him smile. "Promise you won't forget me while I'm gone?" I smile back. "I promise." And as I walk away, I realize that I have no idea how I'll manage to stop thinking about him." stephanie-perkins stephanie perkins
90b4f9e If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position... to make all the difference in the world. James Redfield
3add49c My favorite cure for boredom is sleep. It's very easy to get to sleep when bored and very hard to get bored after a long rest. boredom cure-for-boredom restlessness sleep Robert M. Pirsig
8ba7d7b It doesn't matter what the end looks like--what matters is that it came. Bam, you're done. But life, Axi? There are degrees of life. You can live it well or half-asleep. You can go sledding down a sand dune, or you can spend your life in front of the TV. And I don't mean to sound like a stupid after-school special, but you have to keep living the way we did these last weeks. Risk, Axi. That's the secret. Risk everything." I nodded, trying n.. robinson James Patterson
33d309a Do you want to know the closest thing to feeling the most powerful you can feel ? Flying alone at night.Risky.Nothing but you and the wind soaring way above everything , Slicing through the air like a Sword. Up and up until you feel like you can grab a star and hold it to your chest like a burning, Spiky thing spiritual James Patterson
4db192c Fear is not the answer, not ever. James Patterson
fab5da8 Is it possible that you can love someone more than you love life itself, and yet you're still never going to know for sure everything he's thinking? James Patterson
b251a38 You must do today what nobody else will do, so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can't. James Patterson
9021d29 Time to die." Angel said in her sweet little girl voice." James Patterson
39cf34e Sometimes all you have is instinct, a gut feeling. It's important to pay attention to them. James Patterson
a5da63d My name is Daniel, and this is the first volume of my life story, which, hopefully, will be a very long and distinguished one. Who should you read it? Very good question. Maybe because this is your planet, and you have a right to know what's actually happening on it. James Patterson
7495e68 Life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny misstep away. James Patterson
9869bfe Who but the devil lives like a king in the middle of hell James Patterson