"The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful."

-- David Steindl-Rast

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“Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it!”
“Haven't you ever wished that you could steal back just a few hours of your past?" she asked softly. "That's all I want... just a little taste of what might have been.”
“I have decided that I want animation to be taken seriously; that is the goal of my life. I believe that animation is a very important medium to tell stories, not just for kids but for adults.”

Source : "Animating the Unspeakable". Interview with Isabel Ortiz, logger.believermag.com. May 14, 2015.
“We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.”
“The sobbing wind is fierce and strong; its cry is like a human wail.”
“God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.”
“Many young men, when they receive their first wife, are just so untrained. The woman, if she's not careful, will be overbearing and always ask permission for what she wants. And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That's how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living.”
“Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.”

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