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"'Medicine was not nothing, from the anguish of spiritual meaninglessness there was reprieve in aiding another, though there remained the mystery why caring for the sick was easier than for the well, and for the stranger than your own blood. They were mysteries he couldn't solve...'" — 17 hours, 28 min ago
"'Medicine was not nothing, from the anguish of spiritual meaninglessness there was reprieve in aiding another, though there remained the mystery why caring for the sick was easier than for the well, and for the stranger than your own blood. They were mysteries he couldn't solve...'" — 17 hours, 28 min ago
“I was overwhelmed by an undefinable sensation, too serene to be called anxiety, but unpleasant enough not to go unnoticed.”
― The Accidentals: Stories
― The Accidentals: Stories
“Nothing made me forget the world like reading did. Nothing made me think about the world like reading did. Nothing else filled me up. Nothing else emptied me out. Sentences and paragraphs would drift through my head like clouds.”
― Mother Mary Comes to Me
― Mother Mary Comes to Me
“There was every reason to feel natural joy in the world, but for the one that makes it accessible. When your spirit is uneasy, stillness can be a kind of suffering. And when you're young, the unlived life in front of you, all that future, urgent and unreachable, can be unbearable.”
― This Is Happiness
― This Is Happiness
“Ideas move in space and time. They swim like fish. They drift like pollen. They migrate like birds. Sometimes their movement carries them right around the world, and they find new niches in which to flourish.”
― Is a River Alive?
― Is a River Alive?
“Holding out was a quirk in human nature and those who lived in the Last Minute had found not only was there no penalty in lateness but often a bonus not granted the timely.”
― This Is Happiness
― This Is Happiness
Around the World
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