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Seeing her standing amid the junk in his yard, her yellow dress swishing about in the breeze, the sunlight bouncing off her smooth brown face, made him feel as if he were in a room full of warm marshmallows. His heart felt as light as that of a four-year-old.

~from The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride

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It is never agreeable to see another person competently and publicly performing duties which conscience suggests are one’s own.

~from Cover Her Face, by P.D. James

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“I’m almost 50, and here is the best thing I have learned so far: every strange thing you’ve ever been into, every failed hobby or forgotten instrument, everything you have ever learned will come back to you, will serve you when you need it. No love, however brief, is wasted.” @louisethebaker on Twitter

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I love it when the sky makes me feel insignificant.

~from It Ends With Us, by Colleen Hoover

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It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.

~Philip K. Dick

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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

~from Man and Superman, by George Bernard Shaw

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I'm not stubborn, I'm determined. > Good. Then you will not despair.

~from Destiny of the Dead, by Kel Kade

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Why are you a boxer, Irish featherweight champion Barry McGuigan was asked. He said: “I can’t be a poet. I can’t tell stories…” . . . Each boxing match is a story—a unique and highly condensed drama without words.

~from On Boxing, by Joyce Carol Oates

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All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change.

~Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower

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The gifted amateur [has] possibilities which the professional may have lost.

~Susan Glaspell (via Todd London's An Ideal Theater)

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The focus of prayer is not the self. ... It is the momentary disregard of our personal concerns, the absence of self-centered thoughts, which constitute the act of prayer.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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[S]ometimes, being in community is more important than being in agreement.

~Sally Fritsche, from her speech An Atheist's Prayer

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Body : Sweat :: Heart : Tears

When it's hot or when we exert, our bodies cool us with sweating. Crying can be like that except for our hearts.

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Seems appropriate for today #womensMarch #WonderWoman #Feminism #strong #Diana #oldbutgold #feministAgenda #womensrights

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First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit is persistence in practice. —Octavia Butler

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We only get one life. Wasting someone’s time is the subtlest form of murder. ~Lindy West