People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.

Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it...

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it...

Do not love me because i love you, love me for loving me.

Do not love me because i love you, love me for loving me.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of...

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of...