A Swiftly Tilting Planet
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Read between April 3 - April 6, 2018
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“It’s just his way of whistling in the dark.”
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If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.”
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“Strength can always be used to destroy as well as create,” Charles Wallace said. “This fire is to help and heal.”
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“Ananda,” Mrs. Murry said thoughtfully. “That rings some kind of bell.” “It’s Sanskrit,” Charles Wallace said. Meg asked, “Does it mean anything?” “That joy in existence without which the universe will fall apart and collapse.” “That’s a mighty big name for one dog to carry,” Mrs. Murry said. “She’s a large dog, and it’s her name,” Charles Wallace responded.
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she’s got to be descended from Matthew.” “Descended,” Gaudior snorted. “You make it sound like a fall.”
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“Unicorns find it embarrassing to be thanked.
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it is rare to have two with blue eyes in one generation.
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I cannot find it in me to believe that God enjoys long faces and scowls at merriment.
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“There was another carpenter, once, and he would have refused to do this thing. Him I will follow.”
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A gallows is more easily built than a house, or a bed, or a table.
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It’s always easy to blame others.
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“You human beings tend to want good things to last forever. They don’t. Not while we’re in time.
Megan
This too shall pass
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“Hate hurts the hater more’n the hated.”