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We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here.
“To appreciate beauty is to experience humility—to recognize that something larger and more powerful than oneself is at work in the environment. And humility, it turns out, is key to recognizing that in order to survive, you must adapt yourself to the environment, that it won’t adapt to your needs.”
― The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
― The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
“We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.”
― Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes
― Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes
“Thank you,” he whispered as I moved the pillows. No problem, I said. “Mitch. What are you thinking?” I paused before answering. Okay, I said, I’m wondering how you don’t envy younger, healthy people.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie
― Tuesdays with Morrie
“It reminds us that as ordinary as we might be, we can, if we choose, take the harder road, walk forth bravely under the indifferent stars. We can hazard the ravages of chance. We can choose to endure what seems unendurable, and thereby open up the possibility of prevailing. We can awaken to the world as it is, and, seeing it with eyes wide open, we can nevertheless embrace hope rather than despair.”
― The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
― The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
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