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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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...

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and...

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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.

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 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

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you...

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you...

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...

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...

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 truth needs so little rehearsal.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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...

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...