"The buffaloes are gone. And those who saw the buffaloes are gone."

-- Carl Sandburg

#Gone Quotes #Extinction Quotes #Saws Quotes

“All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very definitely not always safe.”
“Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems.”
“Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.”
“Rich people bring a lawyer. Latinos and blacks bring their mom.”
“When I looked into her eyes, I saw an invisible spirit of something that I already loved.”
“...Skyscraper National Park”
“I've learned how to be open and bold about my faith, but in terms of my influence, I just try to lead in a godly way. What that means for me is to serve them, whether it's just doing the dirty work, like cleaning up sweat on the floor, or deferring to other people, or carrying equipment bags.”

Source : "Jeremy Lin: Taking Harvard basketball to new levels". StudentSoul Interview, studentsoul.intervarsity.org.
“So if waiting is an aggravation, it is at least partly because we do not like being reminded of our limits. We like doing -- earning, buying, selling, building, planting, driving, baking -- making things happen, whereas waiting is essentially a matter of being -- stopping, sitting, listening, looking, breathing, wondering, praying. It can feel pretty helpless to wait for someone or something that is not here yet and that will or will not arrive in its own good time, which is not the same thing as our own good time.”

Source : Barbara Brown Taylor (1995). “Gospel Medicine”, p.153, Rowman & Littlefield

You may also like: