Day 1,307 of My Captivity HUMANS HAVE FEW REDEEMING QUALITIES, BUT THEIR fingerprints are miniature works of art.
“Our painful experiences aren’t a liability—they’re a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.”
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
― The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“We would be intolerant if we were intolerant of intolerance.”
― Dear and Glorious Physician
― Dear and Glorious Physician
“He says you end up marrying the one you don’t understand. Then you spend the rest of your life trying.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“blessings, but curses. And this afflicted me. When I was drained of tears, but not of sorrow, I discovered I could speak no more. But when I find him whom I seek, not only will the curse against my people be lifted, I shall speak once more in rejoicing.”
― Dear and Glorious Physician
― Dear and Glorious Physician
“On the mountain tonight the full moon faces the full sun. Now could be the moment when we fall apart or we become whole. Our time seems to be up—I think I even hear it stopping. Then why have we kept up the singing for so long? Because that’s the sort of determined creature we are. Before us, our first task is to astonish, And then, harder by far, to be astonished. —Galway Kinnell”
― Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
― Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
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