"I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives decaying matter, until it became a part of who I am."

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Source : Gerald Lawson Sittser, Jerry L. Sittser (1998). “A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss”, p.37, Zondervan

Gerald Lawson Sittser

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“Everyone in the world should have a trench coat, and there should be a trench coat for everyone in the world. It does not matter your age; it doesn't matter your gender.”
“I'm old, but I'm still cute and strong. And very butch.”
“A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.”
“But when to-morrow comes, yesterday's morrow will have been already spent: and lo! a fresh morrow will be for ever making away with our years, each just beyond our grasp.”

Source : "The Satires". Book by Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satire V, line 67,
“Be a sponge. Spend as much time as possible with people who truly know their craft and be a great listener. That is how you learn.”
“When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.”
“Calm of mind, all passion spent.”
“All knowledge that is not the real product of observation, or of consequences deduced from observation, is entirely groundless and illusory.”

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