"I felt the electricity of his body behind me as he reached around me and took the card from my hand. He didn't move away, and I battled the urge to lean back into him, seeking the comfort of his strength. Would he wrap his arms around me? Make me feel safe, if only for a moment, and if only a delusion?"

-- Karen Marie Moning

#Moving Quotes #Hands Quotes #Body Quotes

“Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep!”
“There is only the actuality of what happens in life. The rest is just a story, no matter who's telling it.”

Source : Gary Crowley (2009). “Pass the Jelly: Tales of Ordinary Enlightenment : a Memoir”, p.37, Sentient Publications
“Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.”
“Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health and education, as well as freedom and human dignity.”
“What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.”
“I worry about fast forgivers. They tend to forgive quickly in order to avoid their pain. Or they forgive fast in order to get an advantage over the people they forgive. And their instant forgiving only makes things worse... People who have been wronged badly and wounded deeply should give themselves time and space before they forgive... There is a right moment to forgive. We cannot predict it in advance; we can only get ourselves ready for it when it arrives... Don't do it quickly, but don't wait too long.”
“If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.”
“If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselvs. This is what the gospel represents and this is what the gospel requires.”

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