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“The only way to avoid being left behind was to start moving.”
― After You
― After You
“There are only 3 things that can make your dreams come true: your thoughts, your words, and your actions.”
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“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me want to dream.”
― Van Gogh's Starry Night Notebook
― Van Gogh's Starry Night Notebook
“Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child...I could not get my fill of looking.
There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment. Like every mother since the first mother, I was overcome and bereft, exalted and ravaged. I had crossed over from girlhood. I beheld myself as an infant in my mother's arms, and caught a glimpse of my own death. I wept without knowing whether I I rejoiced or mourned. My mother and their mothers were with me as I held my baby.”
― The Red Tent
There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment. Like every mother since the first mother, I was overcome and bereft, exalted and ravaged. I had crossed over from girlhood. I beheld myself as an infant in my mother's arms, and caught a glimpse of my own death. I wept without knowing whether I I rejoiced or mourned. My mother and their mothers were with me as I held my baby.”
― The Red Tent
“No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.”
― The Magician’s Nephew
― The Magician’s Nephew
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