“Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely normal. Peeping chicks at Easter time, spring generally, a clear sunrise after an overcast week--a miracle, people say, as if they've been educated from greeting cards.” PeopleIfsLongUsedClearWeekEventsNormalSpringLet MeMiracleCardsEducatedPleasantSunriseEasterChicksGreetingsPeepingOvercastGreeting CardEaster Time Book:Peace Like a River Source: Peace Like a River
“Be careful whom you choose to hate. The small and the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to melt you into jelly. Beware those who reside beneath the shadow of the Wings.” IfsEnoughHateShadowWingsCarefulProtectionVulnerableBe CarefulYou ChooseJelly Book:Peace Like a River Source: Peace Like a River
“You can’t kill history. You can’t shoot it with a bullet and watch it recede into whatever lies outside of memory. History is tougher than that—if it’s going to die, it has to die on its own” IfsLyingDiesMemoriesWatchesBullets Book:So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel Source: So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel
