In the final analysis, the question of why bad things happen to good people translates itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it has happened. Are you capable of forgiving and accepting in love a world which … Continue reading Quote for Today: Harold Kushner
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Quote for Today: Herta Müller
I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only pack myself a little differently. ―Herta Müller, The Hunger Angel Public Domain Image via pexels.com
Quote for Today: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. ―Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn … Continue reading Quote for Today: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Quote for Today: Jonathan Goldstein
I turn on my computer to search Craigslist for apartment listings. The wireless window pops up, and I realize with some regret that all I know about my neighbours is their wireless network names: Krypton, Space balls, Couscous, and Scarlet. From this I can tell little else than that they're fans of Superman, Mel Brooks, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Jonathan Goldstein
Quote for Today: Doris Lessing
Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth. ―Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook Image: … Continue reading Quote for Today: Doris Lessing
Quote for Today: Naomi Shihab Nye
Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be between the regions of kindness. … Continue reading Quote for Today: Naomi Shihab Nye
Quote for Today: David Rakoff
Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact regardless of whether we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together. Though it may spell destruction, we still ask … Continue reading Quote for Today: David Rakoff
