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Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.


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To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.

To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.



The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life.

The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life.



If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.



We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.



The interior landscape responds to the character and subtlety of the exterior landscape; the shape of the individual mind is affected by the land as it is by genes.

The interior landscape responds to the character and subtlety of the exterior landscape; the shape of the individual mind is affected by the land as it is by genes.



The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it.

The land gets inside of us; and we must decide one way or another what this means, what we will do about it.



real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it.

real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it.



Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.



We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.

We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.



I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.

I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.





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Treat everyone you meet as if they were you.

Treat everyone you meet as if they were you.



Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.

Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.



I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.



The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is a continuation of other disastrous trade agreements, like NAFTA, CAFTA, and permanent normal trade relations with China.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is a continuation of other disastrous trade agreements, like NAFTA, CAFTA, and permanent normal trade relations with China.



The Gospel never grows old. It applies to every generation alike. We have to make a choice.

The Gospel never grows old. It applies to every generation alike. We have to make a choice.



When Satan attacks you, command him in the Name of Jesus to bend his neck. On the back of it you'll find there's a nail scarred foot print!

When Satan attacks you, command him in the Name of Jesus to bend his neck. On the back of it you'll find there's a nail scarred foot print!



No one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

No one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.



Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power.

Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power.



When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.

When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.



And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.

And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.




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