"When she cries, it is quiet, tearless, almost completely imperceptible: one more unheard prayer."

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Source : Joe Meno (2011). “The Great Perhaps”, p.125, Pan Macmillan

Joe Meno

#Prayer Quotes #Quiet Quotes #Cry Quotes

“Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel's wing.”
“The first lesson of evolution was one of conflict. The lesson now is one of kinship.”
“We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.”
“I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen, because that did heighten the drama.”
“Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand, desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty.”
“It is possible to make buildings by stringing together patterns, in a rather loose way. A building made like this, is an assembly of patterns. It is not dense. It is not profound. But it is also possible to put patterns together in such a way that many patterns overlap in the same physical space: the building is very dense; it has many meanings captured in a small space; and through this density, it becomes profound.”

Source : Christopher Alexander (1977). “A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction”, p.41, Oxford University Press
“The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.”
“Have an open mind and an open heart. I'm not this bad person. I'm just doing what I have to do.”

Source : "Bruce Jenner: 'I'm a Woman'" by Ruthie Friedlander, www.elle.com. April 25, 2015.

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