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Jailbird
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I was making my mind as blank as possible, you see, since the past was so embarrassing and the future so terrifying.
“Wendell Berry’s formula for a good life and a good community is simple and pleasingly unoriginal. Slow down. Pay attention. Do good work. Love your neighbours. Love your place. Stay in your place. Settle for less, enjoy it more.”
― The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
― The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
“You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.”
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
“I replied that what made being alive almost worthwhile for me was the saints I met, people behaving unselfishly and capably. They turned up in the most unexpected places. Perhaps you, dear reader, are or can become a saint for her sweet child to meet.”
― Timequake
― Timequake
“Everyone else has gone away. And now coming back home isn’t really coming back home at all.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
― Brown Girl Dreaming
“Many people need desperately to receive this message: “I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people don’t care about them. You are not alone.”
― Timequake
― Timequake
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