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“Perhaps it would be a good idea if everyone just stopped writing for a couple of years and allowed readers to catch up.”
― A Ladder to the Sky
― A Ladder to the Sky
“Our task as humans is to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“I was taught by family at ten.
I was taught by books at twenty.
I was taught by enemies at thirty.
I was taught by nature at forty.
I was taught by life at fifty.
At ten, I was foolish.
At twenty, I was naïve.
At thirty, I was alert.
At forty, I was experienced.
At fifty, I was wise.”
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I was taught by books at twenty.
I was taught by enemies at thirty.
I was taught by nature at forty.
I was taught by life at fifty.
At ten, I was foolish.
At twenty, I was naïve.
At thirty, I was alert.
At forty, I was experienced.
At fifty, I was wise.”
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“Let go of the past.
Embrace the present.
Reach for the future.
The past is in your bosom.
The present is in your lap.
The future is in your hands.”
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Embrace the present.
Reach for the future.
The past is in your bosom.
The present is in your lap.
The future is in your hands.”
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“It’s winter that raises the apple from the earth. The bitter cold, the ice like knives, the crystals of ice underground that cut into the hard coat and breach the soft, pale place inside where root and stem and leaf are one. The apple won’t be coddled. Until it knows true suffering, the seed won’t sprout at all. The tree will never live.”
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
― One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
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The Literary Lane is a book club created by Mackenzie Lane with the intention of being an interactive & fun bi-monthly book club! At the end of every ...more
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