Inspirational Quotes from Books discussion

Here is a thread to share quotes that make us feel safe, grounded and secure. I'll start with a poem by , one of the WWI poets.

Safety
BY RUPERT BROOKE
Dear! of all happy in the hour, most blest
He who has found our hid security,
Assured in the dark tides of the world that rest,
And heard our word, ‘Who is so safe as we?’
We have found safety with all things undying,
The winds, and morning, tears of men and mirth,
The deep night, and birds singing, and clouds flying,
And sleep, and freedom, and the autumnal earth.
We have built a house that is not for Time’s throwing.
We have gained a peace unshaken by pain for ever.
War knows no power. Safe shall be my going,
Secretly armed against all death’s endeavour;
Safe though all safety’s lost; safe where men fall;
And if these poor limbs die, safest of all.

Peppermint Patty: “What do you think security is, Chuck?”

Charlie Brown: “Security? Security is sleeping in the back seat of the car when you’re a little kid, and you’ve been somewhere with your Mom and Dad, and it’s night and you’re riding home in the car. You can sleep in the back seat. You don’t have to worry about anything. Your Mom and Dad are in the front seat, and they do all the worrying…they take care of everything.”

Peppermint Patty: “That’s real neat!”

Charlie Brown: “But it doesn’t last! Suddenly you’re grown up, and it can never be that way again! Suddenly it’s over, and you’ll never get to sleep in the back seat again! Never!”

Peppermint Patty: “Never?”

Charlie Brown: “Absolutely never!”

Peppermint Patty: “Hold my hand, Chuck!”

‘Peanuts’ August 6 SUN 1972