No one spoke much, as if to speak was to affirm reality. To remain silent was to accommodate the possibility that it all was merely a nightmare.
“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.”
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“Her tears fall on the wrong side, into the bottomless well inside her.”
― Mornings in Jenin
― Mornings in Jenin
“Yet nothing about dying was easy. Not for him nor for me. It was labor, as much labor as coming into this world.”
― From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
― From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
“How do you find happiness?” Anna paused, then said, “You start by looking right around you for the blessings you have. When you find them, be grateful.”
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
“No one spoke much, as if to speak was to affirm reality. To remain silent was to accommodate the possibility that it all was merely a nightmare.”
― Mornings in Jenin
― Mornings in Jenin
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