John Andrew Holmes, “No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up.
Tim SandersTags: kindlehighlight
Try not to take it personally if the mother criticizes you or tells you to stop doing something that you expected to be helpful. Just say, “Sorry,” and stop doing it. Don’t try to explain why you did it or express frustration with her. She is really saying that labor is so difficult right now that nothing helps. You are the safest person for her to lash out at. Later, she will probably apologize.
Penny SimkinTags: kindlehighlight
Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged and those excluded from it are missing out.
Jennifer EganTags: experience life-lessons kindlehighlight
If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.
Jennifer EganTags: kindlehighlight
It’s a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why.
David Heinemeier HanssonTags: kindlehighlight
There are people who can make love standing on a hammock, but it is not the easiest way.
Allen CarrTags: kindlehighlight
How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?” “Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot,” I say.
Suzanne CollinsTags: kindlehighlight
I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence.
Suzanne CollinsTags: kindlehighlight
I noticed the plants growing around me. Tall with leaves like arrowheads. Blossoms with three white petals. I knelt down in the water, my fingers digging into the soft mud, and I pulled up handfuls of the roots. Small, bluish tubers that don’t look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any potato. “Katniss,” I said aloud. It’s the plant I was named for. And I heard my father’s voice joking, “As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.
Suzanne CollinsTags: kindlehighlight
Well, if you’re a real alcoholic, then where are you stashing it? That's what real alcoholics do, right? Hide bottles?
Christa AllanTags: kindlehighlight
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