"Mothers smell blood before the wound is given. We see the rent place on the child's arm before the arrow strikes."

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Source : Kaye Gibbons (1998). “On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon”, Putnam Publishing Group

Kaye Gibbons

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Blood Quotes

“Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.”
“When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.”
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the worldâ€™s deep hunger meet.”

Source : FaceBook post by Frederick Buechner from Jul 14, 2016
“The seeker after stillness should be told that the stillness is always there. Indeed it is in every man. But he has to learn, first, to let it in and, second, how to do so. The first beginning of this is to remember. The second is to recognize the inward pull. For the rest, the stillness itself will guide and lead him to itself.”
“Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and if you can get no other time, spare some of your time from sleep, and learn what the mind and will of God is.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation.”
“You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.”
“As an economist, I'm aware that life is full of trade offs.”

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