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“Lost as we feel, there is no better
Compass than compassion.
We find ourselves not by being
The most seen, but the most seeing.”
― Call Us What We Carry
Compass than compassion.
We find ourselves not by being
The most seen, but the most seeing.”
― Call Us What We Carry
“Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true:
That even as we grieved, we grew
That even as we hurt, we hoped
That even as we tired, we tried”
― The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
That even as we grieved, we grew
That even as we hurt, we hoped
That even as we tired, we tried”
― The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“This place is a mystery. A sanctuary. Every book, every volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it & the soul of those who read it & lived it & dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down it's pages, it's spirit grows & strengthens. In this place, books no longer remembered by anyone, books that are lost in time, live forever, waiting for the day when they will reach a new reader's hands, a new spirit...”
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“Since the world is round
There is no way to walk away
From each other, for even then
We are coming back together.”
― Call Us What We Carry
There is no way to walk away
From each other, for even then
We are coming back together.”
― Call Us What We Carry
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