"I'll die propped up in bed trying to do a poem about America."

-- Carl Sandburg

#America Quotes #Trying Quotes #Bed Quotes

“If heaven is understood more as God's space on earth than as an ethereal region apart from the essential reality we know, then what happens on earth matters even more than we think, for the Christian life becomes a continuation of the unfolding work of Jesus, who will one day return to set the world to rights.”
“I have no regrets because I know I did my best - all I could do.”
“We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.”
“In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.”

Source : Nellie Bly (2015). “The Collected Works of Nellie Bly (Annotated)”, p.69, Golgotha Press
“The market has no morality”
“I go game to game, at-bat to at-bat. That's my way.”
“Life is full of painful events, and people who have lost their way and hurt others. Our pain is not lessened when we respond with hatred. In fact, the opposite occurs: When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.”
“I guess the main source of stress for me is the stress I put on myself.”

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