“I knew I rode a rugged crest of turmoil that might crash on the rocky shore of irrational behavior.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow
“The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business of one's life is to help in some small way to reduce the sum of ignorance, degradation and misery on the face of this beautiful earth.”
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“In my mind, when I look at these fields, I say to her, “See?…See?” and I think she does. I hope later she will see and feel a thing about these prairies I have given up talking to others about; a thing that exists here because everything else does not and can be noticed because other things are absent. She seems so depressed sometimes by the monotony and boredom of her city life, I thought maybe in this endless grass and wind she would see a thing that sometimes comes when monotony and boredom are accepted. It’s here, but I have no names for it.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
“If we could summarize all, or almost all, of the New Testament letters, we would not be too far off the mark to say the theme is: “Grow up!” Just grow up.”
― The Journey: Spiritual Growth in Galatians and Philippians
― The Journey: Spiritual Growth in Galatians and Philippians
“Rachael, I don’t think this is a very good idea.” Adam tried to protest and break away, but it was too late. She had a good hold on him by now, and he was going nowhere.
“Not bad for a little man like you,” she said. “There seems to be something different about you lately.” Rachael smiled.”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
“Not bad for a little man like you,” she said. “There seems to be something different about you lately.” Rachael smiled.”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
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