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Those black-and-white newspaper photos, in which people appeared as sunken eyes and twig-thin limbs, facing a photographer who could do nothing for them, their fullness—their love, their humor, their annoyance, their preference—pared by the
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“The four sayings that lead to wisdom:
I was wrong
I'm sorry
I don't know
I need help”
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I was wrong
I'm sorry
I don't know
I need help”
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“I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.”
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“Shall we all open our heart to be a forever home for lost pets.”
― Bangle Bear: The Tale of a Tailless Cat
― Bangle Bear: The Tale of a Tailless Cat
“MYSTERIES, YES
Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.
How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever
in allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds
will never be broken.
How people come, from delight or the
scars of damage,
to the comfort of a poem.
Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.
Let me keep company always with those who say
"Look!" and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.”
― Evidence: Poems
Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.
How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever
in allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds
will never be broken.
How people come, from delight or the
scars of damage,
to the comfort of a poem.
Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.
Let me keep company always with those who say
"Look!" and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.”
― Evidence: Poems
“But you want murderous feelings? Hang around librarians," confided Gamache. "All that silence. Gives them ideas.”
― A Rule Against Murder
― A Rule Against Murder
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