Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live.
Wolfgang von Goethe:“A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days.
There is nothing of which every man is so afraid, as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
Shame, isn’t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are ‘spit and polished,’ and not when they’re showing us the wounds they suffered on our behalf.
Coincidence is a messenger sent by truth.
Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions. As soon as you think you have the answer, you have closed the path and may miss the vital new information. Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusions, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing.
I often think it would be really interesting to take all of those who would wage war to the battlefield cemeteries, and say, explain yourself to the dead. Explain yourself to the dead!
One always has riches when one has a book to read.
Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.
It’s really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.
Most people don’t realize that they feel something is wrong before they think something is wrong...
Never judge a journey by the distance...
But to some extent, the whole aspect of Fascism was a real hot potato. Because so many of the aristocracy were enamored of the tenets of not only fascism but also of Adolf Hitler himself. And you know, that was treading on a lot of toes.
David Corbett’s The Art of Character offers a deep inquiry into the creation of character for the novice writer, with valuable nuggets of wisdom for the seasoned storyteller. If you are a writer, it should be on your desk.
It is indeed a wondrous universal alchemy, is it not? When one’s heartfelt intentions cause mountains to move.
Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.
I’ll tell you this. Leaving that which you love breaks your heart open. But you will find a jewel inside, and this precious jewel is the opening of your heart to all that is new and all that is different, and it will be the making of you-if you allow it to be.
But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn’t dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good.
It was time to move on, to dance with life again.