Action is eloquence. why do some people always see beautiful skies and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human beings, while others are hard-pressed to find anything or any place that is beautiful? writers tend to devour people, themselves included. personally, i would sooner have written alice in wonderland than the whole encyclopedia britannica. i would rather be kicked with a foot than be overcome by a loud voice speaking cruel words. it was only the first of many occasions during those months that seemed to take place out of time, or in a historical moment i had yet to identify. but you will,’ the queen said, ‘if you don’t make a memorandum of it.’</p> where there is great love there are always great miracles. i glory in this world of men and women, torn with troubles, yet living on to love and laugh through it all. i’ll remember all those nights we harmonized till classroom; i never laughed so long. it’s not by accident that the pristine wilderness of our planet disappears as the understanding of our own inner wild natures fades.
Our collective will to resist what is unjust is like a fire that cannot be put out. advice is what we ask for when we know the answer but wish we didn’t. we turn, not older with years, but newer every day. there are no mistakes, no coincidences. all events are blessings given to us to learn from. the cure for everything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. for what is it to die / no pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. a wizard is never late. nor is he early. he arrives precisely when he means to. hope is a dangerous thing. drive a man insane. that girl is like a sunburn. how strange, this feeling that my life’s begun at last…. the most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. the hard truth is that all of us love poorly. we need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour — unceasingly. that is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.