‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
New Testament Acts 20:35
Category: Books
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‘Hope, we all agreed, is the best thing in the world.’
House in The Sky – Amanda Lindhout
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‘We all have an old knot in our heart we wish to untie.’
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‘Nothing makes the light, the wonder, the treasure, stand out so well as darkness.’
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‘Then there was the heavy drinker who picked up the wrong can and, instead of drinking beer he drank heavy duty varnish – a terrible death but a beautiful finish.’
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‘Forgive as much as you can, forget a little, and create a lot.’
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‘I was a very insecure male, a guy who wanted to put his woman into a little box, lock her up and then bring her out when he feels like playing with her.’
Double Quote Of The Week
I love Nora Ephron. Sadly, she is no longer with us but her spirit lives on and I’m re-reading some of her stuff. I couldn’t decide between these two quotes, so I thought, I’ll do both.
‘Many years ago, when I was in analysis, my therapist used to say, “Love is homesickness.” What she meant was that you tend to fall in love with someone who reminds you of one of your parents. This, of course, is one of those things that analysts always say even though it really isn’t true. Just about anyone on the planet is capable of reminding you of something about one of your parents, even if it’s only a dimple.’
I tend to agree with most of Nora’s musings, but I don’t agree with this one. I side more with the analyst.
And second quote: ‘I now believe that what my mother meant when she said ‘Everything is copy’ is this: When you slip on a banana peel , people laugh at you; but when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it’s your laugh. So you become the hero rather than the victim of the joke.’
From ‘I Feel Bad About My Neck’ – Nora Ephron
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‘In making my first appearance before the public, who have treated me well- in fact I may say I am as comfortable now as I was uncomfortable before. I must now bid my kind readers adieu.’
-Joseph Merrick from The Autobiography Of Joseph Merrick (from The True History Of The Elephant Man – Michael Howell and Peter Ford)
Joseph’s Favourite Verse:
‘Was I so tall, could reach the pole
Or grasp the ocean with a span
I would be measured by the soul
The mind’s the standard of the man’
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‘I will always remember my grandma saying, when I was full of maudlin self pity following some self-inflicted personal crisis, ‘It’s like a cloud, it’ll pass.’
Things In My Head 