"Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasnâ€™t."

-- Jen Hatmaker

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“Every exploration is an appropriation.”

Source : Roland Barthes (1997). “The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies”, p.14, Univ of California Press
“Oh, God, give me grace for this day. Not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor for tomorrow, just for this day. Direct my thoughts and bless them Direct my work and bless it. Direct the things I say and give them blessing, too. Direct and bless everything that I think and speak and do. So that for this one day, just this one day, I have the gift of grace that comes from your presence. . . .”

Source : Marjorie Holmes (1995). “Marjorie Holmes: The Inspirational Writings: A Collection Consisting of Love and Laughter;...”, Bbs Publishing Corporation
“I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.”
“Dull indeed would be the man that did not feel the thrill awakened by the first glimpse of brilliant color in the orchard, and the cheery warbling notes borne to our ears on the first gentle breath of spring!”

Source : Arthur Cleveland Bent (1949). “Life histories of North American thrushes, kinglets, and their allies: order Passeriformes”
“I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.”
“I guess, there are always people that you latch onto that really inspire you.”
“It was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.”
“I've lost audiences, I've recovered them.”

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