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No one may know of it, but you never forget the thump--eh? A blow on the very heart. You remember it, you dream of it, you wake up at night and think of it--years after--and go hot and cold all over.
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“She should be standing before the stove in her new robe, full of simple, encouraging talk. Still, when she opened her eyes a few minutes ago (after seven already!)—when she still half inhabited her dream, some sort of pulsating machinery in the remote distance, a steady pounding like a gigantic mechanical heart, which seemed to be drawing nearer—she felt the dank sensation around her, the nowhere feeling, and knew it was going to be a difficult day. She knew she was going to have trouble believing in herself,”
― The Hours
― The Hours
“According to an old sailing proverb, below latitude 40° south there is no law, and below 50° south, no God.”
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
“We are all glamorous, some more so than others.”
― The Empirical Observations of Algernon
― The Empirical Observations of Algernon
“Do we feel God’s presence because we are looking for him, or do we feel it because he is looking for us?”
― If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
― If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
“I try to limit my exposure to politicians to a bare minimum; they trigger my hypocrite allergy.”
― Best in Snow
― Best in Snow
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