“A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“But fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already a loss.”
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
“The student is to read history actively not passively.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.”
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
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