"I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me to use what talents I possessed for my fellow workers, for the poor."

-- Dorothy Day

#Prayer Quotes #Special Quotes #Tears Quotes

“Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow: a drop as bright as a clear-cut ruby, red as a single spot of claret on the lace cuff.”
“I often wonder whether real conversation in real time may eventually give way to these sanitized and easier screen dialogues, in much the same way as killing, skinning and butchering an animal to eat has been replaced by the convenience of packages of meat on the supermarket shelfâ€¦ Perhaps future generations will recoil with similar horror at the messiness, unpredictability and immediate personal involvement of a three-dimensional, real-time interaction.”

Source : "Scientist: Social Networking Sites Harming Kids Brains", www.foxnews.com. February 24, 2009.
“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
“We are and we know we are and we love to be it and know it.”
“I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.”
“I get out, I get out of all your boxes.”
“You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.”
“Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.”

Source : Eleanor Clift (2009). “Two Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Politics”, p.228, Basic Books

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