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“To have so little, and it of so little value, was to be quaintly free.”
“wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.”
“The forces of blind life that work across this hilltop are as irresistible as she said they were, they work by a principle more potent than fission. But I cant look upon them as just life, impartia...”
“I have always said that the way to deal with the pain of others is by sympathy, which is suffering with, and that the way to deal with ones own pain is to put one foot after the other. Yet I was ne...”
“Marians eyes absolutely blaze. To meet them is to have a shock of contact as if they were electrically charged. Now you see? You wondered what was in whales milk. Dont you know now? The same thing ...”
“Isnt it complicated to be human, though? she said. Animals seem to give up their lives so naturallyAnd after all, I grew up, I married John, I had Debby. So knowing, being able to understand and fo...”
“Walk openly, Marian used to say. Love even the threat and the pain, feel yourself fully alive, cast a bold shadow, accept, accept. What we call evil is only a groping towards good, part of the tria...”
“Ruth believes that boys are not found around stables because what they like is taking things apart and putting them together again, and for this purpose horses are not so satisfactory as cars, moto...”
“I have always said that the way to deal with the pain of other’s is by sympathy, which is suffering with, and that the way to deal with one’s own pain is to put one foot after the other. Yet I was ...”
“Marian’s eyes absolutely blaze. To meet them is to have a shock of contact as if they were electrically charged. “Now you see? You wondered what was in whale’s milk. Don’t you know now? The same th...”
“Isn’t it complicated to be human, though?” she said. “Animals seem to give up their lives so naturally…And after all, I grew up, I married John, I had Debby. So knowing, being able to understand an...”
