Blaine Teppema
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“The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.”
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“I kneel into a dream where I am good & loved. I am good. I am loved. My hands have made some good mistakes. They can always make better ones.”
― Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines
― Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines
“It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“They had always fitted together like pieces of an unsolved (and perhaps unsolvable) puzzle- the smoke of her into the solidness of him, the solitariness of her into the gathering of him, the strangeness of her into the straightforwardness of him, the insouciance of her into the restraint of him. The quietness of her into the quietness of him.”
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
― The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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