“Events cast their shadows ahead; before a harsh winter, wild animals grow thicker fur, and the beaver puts on a thicker layer of fat. What kind of times and what sort of tasks can lie ahead for a generation that must think so harshly, even at such a young age, in order to survive?”
― Fiction from Tegel Prison
― Fiction from Tegel Prison
“Human beings are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before...you are slowly turning this central thing either into a heavenly creature or a hellish creature.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“The tuning up of an orchestra can be itself delightful, but only to those who can in some measure, however little, anticipate the symphony.”
― Reflections on the Psalms
― Reflections on the Psalms
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