“I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.”
(Roger Zelazny)
Walls of words…
Category Archives: Quotes
… favorite sayings …
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Theory and practice…
(Update: the attribution should be to Benjamin Brewster, not Yogi Berra.)
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Something you can practice…
Books and shelves…
“You see a [wo]man with too many books, I see a [wo]man with not enough shelves.”
(John Overholt)
Giving all…
“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
(Albert Camus)
Nothing is fixed…
“For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.”
(James Baldwin)
A huge thing…
“To love a person is to know what a huge thing a person is, right? There’s such a universe contained in each person, and to love a person is to have such an appreciation of that universe.”
(Rebecca Newberger Goldstein)
Change and challenge…
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
(James Baldwin)
As i was about to post that quote this morning — one equally applicable to our social surroundings as to our internal selves — i realized today is a personal anniversary, marking six years cancer-free. It was almost an afterthought. (Almost.)
The quote pairs well with this one:
“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.”
(Stephanie Schulte)
Everything that shines…
“The broken will always love harder than most. Once you’ve been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.”
(Zachry K. Douglas)
Healing and wounding…
“No one heals himself by wounding another.”
(St. Ambrose of Milan)
