It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A pilot would call it ground orientation. I'd spent a long time circling above the clouds, looking for life, while Hallie was living it

Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

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We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around...

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around...

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that...

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that...

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses...

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on...

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on...

Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who don't...

Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who don't...

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you...

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you...

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly...

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly...

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss...

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss...

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to...

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to...

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time

What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are,...

What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are,...

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long...

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long...

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If life's a gamble well fuck it I got bank.

If life's a gamble well fuck it I got bank.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.