"The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe."

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Source : Joanna Macy (1983). “Despair and personal power in the nuclear age”, New Society Pub

Joanna Macy

#Peace Quotes #Heart Quotes #Grieving Quotes

“This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.”
“This Forest eats itself and lives forever.”
“The ear is the avenue to the heart.”
“Christ is not only a person, Christ is a place. When you come into Christ, you don't come into a person; you come into a place.”
“Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.”
“Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.”

Source : Goldwin Smith (1881). “Lectures and Essays”, New York : Macmillan
“You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you." So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?”
“the past is not only that which happened but also that which could have happened but did not.”

Source : Tess Gallagher (1986). “A concert of tenses: essays on poetry”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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