"Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash."

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Source : Jay McInerney (2009). “How It Ended”, p.28, Vintage

Jay McInerney

#Fear Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Eyelashes Quotes

“If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur, then the emotional, imaginative, intellectual, and spiritual life of the human is diminished or extinguished. Without the soaring birds, the great forests, the sounds and coloration of the insects, the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields, the sight of clouds by day and the stars at night, we become impoverished in all that makes us human.”

Source : Thomas Berry (2011). “The Great Work: Our Way into the Future”, p.200, Crown
“There is no life that does not contribute to history.”

Source : Dorothy West (1996). “The Living Is Easy”, p.114, Feminist Press at CUNY
“You know, 10 years ago I never thought I'd be in this position. It's a dream and I don't even know if I dreamed this big.”
“To change, to convert? Why bother?”
“If you can modify a cell, it's only a short step to modifying a mouse, and if you can modify a mouse, it's only a step to modifying a higher animal, even man.”
“All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.”
“I am constantly amazed at how little painters know about painting, writers about writing, merchants about business, manufacturers about manufacturing. Most men just drift.”
“I find when most people are honest about their spiritual pilgrimage, they admit to the difficulty of maintaining the habit of a spiritual discipline. What attracks me most about the Anglican spiritual tradition is that it provides purposeful spiritual direction in the life of Christ.”

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