Maddy Castle
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“There are undoubtedly advantages to being dead, said Julius.”
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
“It is a bitter-sweet thing, knowing two cultures. Once you leave your birthplace nothing is ever the same.”
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
― Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
“Take care. If you do not speak – I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way. Send me away at once, if I must go; – Margaret! –”
― North and South
― North and South
“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.”
― Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
― Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
“The happening and telling are very different things. This doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true,
only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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