“We think the journey of the wave ends when it reaches the shore! No, it doesn't! When the wave reaches the shore, it changes something on the shore. When something changes, a new story begins there. This story is also the story of the wave; the journey of the wave continues in another form!”
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“people fall into three camps: those who hardly, if ever, see beauty, even when it strikes them between the eyes; those who recognize it only when it is made apparent to them; and those rare souls who find beauty everywhere they turn, even in the most unexpected places.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“That’s the thing about failing: either it makes you super-afraid of failing again or, somehow, you learn to overcome fear.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“Home is where your absence is felt, the echo of your voice kept alive, no matter how long you have been away or how far you may have strayed, a place that still beats with the pulse of your heart.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“Words are like birds, when you publish books you are setting caged birds free. They can go wherever they please. They can fly over the highest walls and across vast distances, settling in mansions of gentry, in farmsteads and laborers' cottages alike. You never know whom those words will reach, whose hearts will succumb to their sweet songs.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
The F-word
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This is our reading group for anybody who loves to read and identifies as a feminist. We'll be reading a variety of books that may fall into one of th ...more
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