"There is a loveliness to life that does not fade. Even in the terrors of the night, there is a tendency toward grace that does not fail us."

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Source : Robert Goolrick (2007). “The End of the World As We Know It: Scenes from a Life”, Algonquin Books

Robert Goolrick

#Night Quotes #Grace Quotes #Doe Quotes

“incessant adj. The doubts. You had to save me from my constant doubts. That deep-seeded feeling that I wasn't good enough for anything I was a fake at my job I wasn't your equal my friends would forget me if I moved away for a month. It wasn't as easy as hearing voices nobody was telling me this. It was just something I knew. Everyone else was playing along but I was sure that one day they would all stop.”
“All fruitfulness flows from intimacy.”

Source : Rolland Baker, Heidi Baker (2003). “Always Enough: God's Miraculous Provision among the Poorest Children on Earth”, p.181, Baker Books
“Continuity is one of the things I like about New England.”
“My mother always said democracy is the best revenge.”

Source : "Bhutto's Son to Lead Her Party". "The Bryant Park Project" with Alison Stewart, www.npr.org. December 31, 2007.
“Much of our lives involves the word â€œno.â€ In school we are mostly told, â€œDon't do it this way. Do it that way.â€ But art is the big yes. In art, you get a chance to make something where there was nothing.”
“But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surprise, it will simply go away. It rises, it passes away. As simple as that. There is another word for self-discipline. It is patience.”

Source : Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.80, Simon and Schuster
“If I can't affect some change in six years, maybe I'm in the wrong place.”
“I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.”

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