"The story is not in the words; it's in the struggle."

-- Paul Auster

#Struggle Quotes #Stories Quotes

“As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very much like being in an art school imbedded in a regular high school curriculum.”
“O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.”

Source : James Whitcomb Riley (1895). “The Days Gone by and Other Poems”
“Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much goodâ€“or harm. Itâ€™s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching are the two most important professions in the world.”
“Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.”
“Then how can you ever know about the beautiful goodness of Mud? How bad it wants to be things. How bad it wants to get on your legs and arms and take your footprints and handprints and how bad it wants you to make it alive! Mud is always ready to play with you. Seriously you should try it!”
“Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.”
“Some conservatives are surprised to find people on the Left supporting the war in Afghanistan. It's not surprising at all...It is hard for the government to prosecute a war and not expand...Conservatives may think they can support war and oppose the expansion of the state, but that is like trying to square the circle. What makes them think they can contain the expansion?”

Source : "Why everyone can be on the same side of war" by Sheldon Richman, www.sfgate.com. January 15, 2002.
“They've drunk everything in the house, including a pitcher of African violet plant food I'd just mixed up and was stupid enough to leave on the counter." Tremaine punched Eddie in the shoulder. "I told you it tasted weird." Eddie shrugged. "Tasted okay to me.”

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