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“She's the one married to Dad."
"That was her choice," I said. "She needs to be firmer, lay down the law for Dad instead of getting hysterical all the time. What Dad needs is a strong woman."
"A caryatid wouldn't be strong enough for Dad."
"What's that?"
"Pillars shaped like women," Lori said. " "The ones holding up those Greek temples with their heads. I was looking at a picture of some the other day, thinking, Those women have the second toughest job in the world.”
― The Glass Castle
"That was her choice," I said. "She needs to be firmer, lay down the law for Dad instead of getting hysterical all the time. What Dad needs is a strong woman."
"A caryatid wouldn't be strong enough for Dad."
"What's that?"
"Pillars shaped like women," Lori said. " "The ones holding up those Greek temples with their heads. I was looking at a picture of some the other day, thinking, Those women have the second toughest job in the world.”
― The Glass Castle
“Only those are in the right who keep an open door for both good and ill, so that each may come but also leave according to its needs. (Letters on Life)”
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“We raised our glasses. I could almost hear Dad chuckling at Mom’s comment in the way he always did when he was truly enjoying something. It had grown dark outside. A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“Yet as he gazed he became aware that at last that it was no magelight, no cold glory of wizardry, that lay shadowless on every line of the man's face, but light itself: morning, the common light of day [...]
Sparrowhawk sat by him watching the dawn come and the sun rise, even as one might study a treasure for something gone amiss in it, a jewel flawed, a child sick.”
― The Farthest Shore
Sparrowhawk sat by him watching the dawn come and the sun rise, even as one might study a treasure for something gone amiss in it, a jewel flawed, a child sick.”
― The Farthest Shore
“Bu dünyada insanların korktuğu tek şey öğrenmekti. Acıyı, susuzluğu ve üzüntüyü öğrenmek onların uykularını kaçırıyor, bu yüzden daha rahat döşeklere, daha leziz yemeklere ve daha neşeli dostlara sığınıyorlardı. Dünyaya olan kayıtsızlıkları bazen o kerteye varıyordu ki, kendilerine altın ve gümüşten, zevk ve sefadan, lezzet ve şehvetten bir alem kurup, keder ve ızdırap fikirlerinin kafalarına girmesine izin vermiyorlardı. Oysa uzun ihsan efendi dünyanın şahidi olmanın gerçek bir ibadet olduğunu sık sık söylerdi. Her insan şu ya da bu şekilde dünyayı okumalıydı. Kuranın kendisi peygamberin dünyayı nasıl okuduğuna bir örnekti ve onun ardında giden herkes dünyayı onun gibi okuyup şehadetlerini yazmalı ve bunları başkalarına aktarmalıydı. Dünyaya şahit olmanın yolu ise maceranın kendisinden başka bir şey değildi. yaşanılanlar,görülenler ve öğrenilenler ne kadar acı olursa olsun, macera insanoğlu için büyük bir nimetti. Çünkü dünyadaki en büyük mutluluk, bu dünyanın şahidi olmaktı.”
― Puslu Kıtalar Atlası
― Puslu Kıtalar Atlası
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