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“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
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Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
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“Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?”
― The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
― The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.”
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which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.”
―
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Silent Spring
― Silent Spring
History, Medicine, and Science: Nonfiction and Fiction
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