“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
“Once in my life I knew a grief so hard I could actually hear it inside, scraping at the lining of my stomach, an audible ache, dredging with hooks as rivers are dredged when someone's been missing too long. I have to think my mother felt something like that.” ThinkingLongHardMotherFeltGriefMissingRiversStomachHookAcheScrapingDredging Book:Peace Like a River Source: Peace Like a River
