Emily Ker

“Instead, he discovered the surprising fact that longevity and health are mostly determined in today’s America not by diet, exercise, or cholesterol in the blood but instead by the presence of and the quality of people’s closest relationships. Those findings held worldwide.”
― John M. Gottman, The New Marriage Clinic: A Scientifically Based Marital Therapy Updated

“If there is no silence in our soul and the voice of the world and the passions agitate it, we cannot hear the interior word of our Master. If we habitually take pleasure in our own way of seeing things and do not wish to receive counseling from anyone, we shall hear, above all else, ourselves”
― Garrigou-Lagrange P. Reg.

“Still, I did not regret for a moment leaving the bright lights of Manhattan behind in favour of night skies so dark the stars seemed close enough to be street lights. In the recycled cabin air of the long flight back, I physically longed for Rwanda, its rich red earth, the smell of its wood fires and its vibrant humanity.”
― Roméo Dallaire, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

“Tears, like bitter rivers, streamed down his dried-up cheeks, as he stood swaying in his brother's arms.”
― Leon Garfield, Shakespeare Stories