"I forced myself to picture the last moments. The penultimate breath. A final sigh. And yet. It was always followed by another."

-- Nicole Krauss

#Lasts Quotes #Finals Quotes #Moments Quotes

“In many ways, constancy is an illusion. After all, our ancestors were immigrants, many of them moving on every few years; today we are migrants in time. Unless teachers can hold up a model of lifelong learning and adaptation, graduates are likely to find themselves trapped into obsolescence as the world changes around them. Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.”
“You’re not the one having a hard time in the battlefield. The enemy’s also having a hard time—the only question is who breaks down first.”
“Being Jesus means that we go through life embracing it all fully and feeling it all deeply. That we donâ€™t hide and try to protect ourselves. That we live. That we show up. That we laugh. That we cry. That we hurt. That we heal. That we care. That we love. And then, that we wake up the next morning and sign up for it all over again.”

Source : Jim Palmer (2012). “Being Jesus in Nashville: Finding the Courage to Live Your Life (Whoever and Wherever You Are)”, p.119, iUniverse
“The most important educational vehicle in all life is a parent figure.”
“To trade a childhood wonder for a plausible explanation - is there a worst trade one makes in life?”
“Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.”
“Of course, I didn't imagine then that I could have had a real relationship with any guy. I thought that by virtue of being me I was disqualified.”
“I prefer my prose evocative rather than simply effective, with a bit of poetry to it.”

Source : Source: www.sfsignal.com

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