Ordinary Things Quotes

“The body, I guess, can keep the score.
I think I'll keep today
and this shaggy dog and this pain in my hip
and this steaming cup of tea and you.”
― Laura Kauffman, Ordinary Things

“Some sorrows are so large
they cannot be carried
by a single pair of hands...”
― Laura Kauffman, Ordinary Things

“I tap at the keys and a cardinal taps back. He keeps steady time on the window, exposed in a winter hydrangea, as I try to feed the world with words, intent on birthing something of beauty...”
― Laura Kauffman, Ordinary Things

“There is the face of God we touch
by tracing the curves of dogma
and there are the silver mists swirling and fading
in the winter woods.”
― Laura Kauffman, Ordinary Things