""And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into my life, then I celebrated its arrival in my heart. I made my celebration so loud and boisterous, I prohibited all gloom from attending the celebration"..."

-- Calvin Miller

#Life Quotes #Heart Quotes #Joy Quotes

“Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?”
“If you take all your meals seriously, none of them gets a chance to matter.”
“I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.”
“Two years ago I was on the train from Berlin to Frankfurt when I heard that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to my close friend, the writer Liu Xiaobo, who is imprisoned in China. To me it was confirmation that universal values and a moral code do exist, and that the point of the Nobel Prize is to encourage writers to stand up for this moral code. Last Thursday I was once again on the train from Berlin to Frankfurt when I heard that the Nobel Prize for Literature had gone to Mo Yan. He is a state poet. I am utterly bewildered. Do these universal values not exist after all?”
“Iâ€™m confiscating your hair dryerâ€”youâ€™ve fried your brain.”
“If you inquire into the hurt, you'll know what you're experiencing is love.”
“I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.”
“I don't want to beg or promise you things I can't give you. There isn't much of me to give, but what I have is yours. This is all up to you, Sadie. If you want me, I'm yours. If you can't do this, then I'll walk away and leave you alone. I swear.”

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