But i missed nothing- because everything that truly mattered to me was either already gone or right here next to me in the museum holding my hand.
And why was the blind guy on watch, you might ask? Because a cockroach couldn’t come within fifty feet of us without his knowing it. Iggy.
How do you know anything for sure? I thought. But i knew the answer to that already. You don’t.
The possibility of a woman pope was extraordinary, astounding, and if it happened, the consequences would be profound. Zachary.
Robinson sat up and peered out at the lawn. “I had no idea you were so deprived. They’re the best bugs in the world because they can light up their butts. It’s how they find mates.
Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
And the girl understood something else- and maybe the boy did, too. Love was a magical and infinite. But luck, in the end, was not.
Ray Bradbury had once written that “living at risk is jumping off a cliff, and building your wings on the way down.” Sampson.
It’s too bad the word miracle has been overused, because I swear it’s the only word that fit the feeling of holding my daughter in my arms. My heart swelled to the size of the world.
While God had not forsaken this place, He was clearly expecting us to hold up our end, as it appeared He was needed elsewhere.
Why did she do this to me?” I mumble. “Actually, Samuel, from my preliminary scans of your internal organs, it does not appear that our mother has done anything to you. Were you in need of repair as well? If so, I am certain she will –.
Have faith and pursue the unknown end.” Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Boy, you just can’t kill people like you used to,” said Fang.
The actor Danny Kaye used to say, “Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it.” I like that thought. More important, I try to live by it as much as I can. I.
You will never stumble while on your knees.
It doesn’t matter what the end looks like- what matters is that it came. Bam, you’re done. But life? There are degrees of life. You can live it well or half-asleep. You can go sledding down a sand dune, or you can spend your life in front of the TV. And i don’t mean to sound like a stupid after-school special, but you have to keep living the way we did these last weeks. Risk. That’s the secret. Risk everything.
What do you think I am, some kind of idiot?” Attention! Do not answer that question! I repeat, do NOT answer that question!
Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.” – A. Sachs.
Yesterday I asked my teacher, ‘How come I have to study English? I’m never going to England!’ ” Stevie still isn’t laughing, but.
If you know the why, you can figure out the who.