Why is it that some people seem to be living three times more than a normal life, and others feel like they are only living half of one? These are all questions most of us ask ourselves at some point.
“Some things you cannot leave behind. Your history will pursue you doggedly across frontiers and over oceans. It will slip past the unsmiling border guards, fold itself invisibly into the pages of your passport, a silent, treacherous stowaway.”
― The Paris Hours
― The Paris Hours
“What do you hope readers will ultimately take away from Cussy’s story? Poverty and marginalization are not so much economics or politics or societal issues as much as they are human issues. They are best grappled with by reaching deep into the lives of those suffering them. Knowing one small piece of this world—the earth, the sky, the plants, the people, and the very air of it—helps us to understand the sufferings and joys of others ourselves.”
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
“What do I spend most of my time doing? Why am I doing these things? What is my “religion,” according to my calendar? When I come to the end of my life, will I feel I spent my time well? Where can I make space for writing?”
― The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
― The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
“If you wake up in the morning, it is a good day.”
― The Tattooist of Auschwitz
― The Tattooist of Auschwitz
“Well, them cloths are a lot like folks. Ain’t much difference at all. Some of us is more spiffed up than others, some stiffer, and still, some softer. There’s the colorful and dull, ugly and pretty, old, new ’uns. But in the end we’s all fabric, cut from His cloth. Fabric, and just that.”
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
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