Category: quotes | A Year of Reading (with gratitude)

November 14, 2019

I am grateful for this reminder, “The work is never done … and it is always enough.”

November 3, 2019

I am grateful for this reminder that there are many fine elements of a well-lived life.

October 16, 2019

I am grateful for “ananda.” I remember this from my first reading of the book. It’s a goal. “Ananda,” said Mrs. Murry thoughtfully. “That rings

October 15, 2019

I am grateful that Reinhold Niebuhr wrote this for me to be reminded: “Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime;therefore we

October 14, 2019

I am grateful to Olga Tokarczuk for this expression of connected lives. “I believe in a literature that unites people and shows us how very

October 13, 2019

It was seventh grade. Our school play was “The Crucible.” We examined that book through the lens of acting, understanding it more fully than reading

October 8, 2019

I am grateful for the wisdom left to us by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. When I slip into despair, I often read one of

October 3, 2019

“You know, my dears, the world has been abnormal for so long that we’ve forgotten what it’s like to live in a peaceful and reasonable

September 27, 2019

If you follow this column, you know that I sometimes share a quote from the Quote Collector at the Stillwater Public Library in Stillwater, MN.

June 18, 2019

I am grateful for Rosalie Maggio and the lifetime of work she has done collecting quotes (think about how organized she must be) and writing

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