“...she had wondered which was worse: the sudden good-bye you know is a good-bye or the long good-bye you have to guess.” Sadness LoveGood Byes Book:The Story of Beautiful Girl Source: The Story of Beautiful Girl
“When I speak of religion I mean a constant inward sense of communion with God.” MeanReligionSpeakConstantInwardCommunionCommunion With God Book:Records and Reflections: Selected from Her Writings During Half a Century, April 3rd, 1840 to April 3rd, 1890 Source: Records and Reflections: Selected from Her Writings During Half a Century, April 3rd, 1840 to April 3rd, 1890
“In our days of prosperity it is more difficult to sustain a religious spirit than in times of adversity, because we are apt to forget that God who has bountifully given may also take away.” MaySpiritReligionGivenDifficultWomenReligiousForgetAdversityProsperityTimes Of Adversity Book:Records and Reflections: Selected from Her Writings During Half a Century, April 3rd, 1840 to April 3rd, 1890 Source: Records and Reflections: Selected from Her Writings During Half a Century, April 3rd, 1840 to April 3rd, 1890
“A person comes into the world with a fist-and a grasp. Yes, we are built to fight one another, but also to embrace. How cleverly we are created.” WorldPersonsFightingBuiltEmbraceFists Author:Rachel Simon
“There are two kinds of hope: the kind you couldn't do anything about and the kind you could. And even if the kind you could do something about wasn't what you'd originally wanted, it was still worth doing. A rainy day is better than no day. A small happiness can make a big sadness less sad.” IfsKindStillsTwoBigsWantedSadnessRainyRainy Day Book:The Story of Beautiful Girl Source: The Story of Beautiful Girl
“Silence made space for other people's words, which was important for those who needed to be listened to.” PeopleMadeImportantSpaceSilenceListeningNeeded Book:The Story of Beautiful Girl Source: The Story of Beautiful Girl
“There were two kinds of students who liked the library: those who devoured one book after another and those who savored the same book repeatedly. Now she understood those rereaders differently ... she realized it was not the rereading that led to fresh insights. It was the rereader-- because when a person is changing inside, there are inevitably new things to see.” KindPersonsTwoBookStudentsUnderstoodLibraryInsightNew ThingsRereading Author:Rachel Simon
“A rainy day can actually be a very important day. And a small hope isn't really small if it makes a lost hope less sad.” IfsImportantLostRainyRainy DayLost HopeImportant Days Book:The Story of Beautiful Girl Source: The Story of Beautiful Girl
“Happiness, I have grasped, is a destination, like strawberry Fields. Once you find the way in, there you are, and you'll never feel low again.” WayFeelsFieldsLowsDestinationStrawberriesFeeling Down Book:Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey Source: Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey