What I wish for todayAt the close of Marilynne Robinson's novel, John Ames, an elderly, white Congregationalist pastor writes these words to his son that feel like a meal and a bed: “I’ll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way... See More » (1)
Emily Bronte anticipated SWI am reading "Wuthering Heights" for the first time. The narrator, Mr. Lockwood, makes the following observation: (Quote)
That’s connectionI could recognize him By touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world. An excerpt from a book I’m reading. The Song of Achilles.
...Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle....There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are... See More »
Quote By CS Lewis"We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a vacation at... See More »
