"How to forgive the world for its beauty, which merely disguises its ugliness; for its gentleness, which merely cloaks its cruelty; for its illusion of continuity, seamlessly, as the night follows the day, so to speak- whereas in reality life is a series of brutal raptures, falling upon your defenseless hands, like the blows of a woodman's axe?"

-- Salman Rushdie

#Life Quotes #Fall Quotes #Blow Quotes

“One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.”
“The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on.”
“The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.”
“I think my idea of retirement might be to one day work a 40-hour week.”
“And even if you carry a survival kit around with you at all times, it won't guarantee you'll survive. No kit in the world can protect you from all the possible bad things.”

Source : Susan Patron (2007). “The Higher Power of Lucky”, p.92, Simon and Schuster
“The difference between my world record and many world class runners is mental fortitude. I ran believing in mind over matter.”
“If someone wants to say 'I love you' in a straight play, they say it, and then it's the other person's turn to talk. But in a song, you can sing about it for another three minutes. The musical form has that unique opportunity to express at length what joy really feels like.”
“Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.”

Source : Gary L. Thomas (2010). “Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.8, ReadHowYouWant.com

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