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"But regardless of the season, this towering tree, as others had done in other places, served as Theo's quiet companion and mentor in the ancient ways of stillness and listening. It was good company for an old soul." — 12 hours, 53 min ago
"But regardless of the season, this towering tree, as others had done in other places, served as Theo's quiet companion and mentor in the ancient ways of stillness and listening. It was good company for an old soul." — 12 hours, 53 min ago
“His goodness was found ... not in the moral pilgrimage that reached its destination point, but in the love ethic by which he journeyed life's highways.”
― Strenghth to Love
― Strenghth to Love
“Tears
The crystal rags
Viscous tatters
of a worn-through soul”
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The crystal rags
Viscous tatters
of a worn-through soul”
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“A silent tear slips down my cheek. It strikes me that, with all the cruelties in this world, there is still nothing quite as dangerous as kindness.”
― Mad Mabel
― Mad Mabel
“I was young then and so hungry for experience that some days I could taste it like blood in the back of my throat. This is what I'll admit: I wanted it. All of it. I did this to myself.”
― Flashout
― Flashout
“When your mama is in heaven there is nothing to stop her from loving you - not a man, not a job, not whatever she wanted to be doing but she had kids instead. When the sun shines, you can feel that pure love on you. It tastes like sugarcane.”
― Kin
― Kin
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