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“Shirley MacLaine: what an asshole.”

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Julie Klausner is an American author born on July 3, 1978. She is known for her humorous writing style and unique perspectives, with her works including novels and essays. more

“Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a train is missed, a call comes too late--and the real test of our humanness is whether, in light of that knowledge, we are ever able to recover. When we again find our way despite the inability to manufacture a deeper meaning in our suffering, that I think is when God smiles upon us, proud of the strength of his creation.”

“I've seen too much sacrifice to believe that God is behind all of it, and I've seen sacrifice that has no indicia of the hand of God at all. Loss is not always part of some greater plan explainable by reference to the actions of a divine being with a divine purpose.”

Believe Hands Action Purpose Loss Behinds Greater Too Much Plans Sacrifice Divine Hands Of God Divine Purpose

Author:Neil Abramson

“At the end of the world the sunset is like a child smashing a pack of crayons into God’s face.”

World Children Ends Faces Sunset Packs End Of The World Smashing Crayon

Author:Craig Stone

“Without the sleeping bag I'm just somebody up early in the morning, sitting under a tree. With the sleeping bag I'm nobody up early, sitting under a tree: a slight, but important difference in how I’ll be perceived.”

Important Differences Sleep Morning Tree Sitting Bags Up Early

Author:Craig Stone

“Small quarrels and tensions were expected because of our new environment. Every relationship has them. Each quarrel was soon forgotten and floated away on a wave. And then sometimes, on our silly days, the arguments returned on the wave, but the wave returned taller, a Tsunami, and neither of us knew where to run or what to do.”

Sometimes Running Environment Argument Forgotten Wave Expected Silly Tension Quarrels Tsunami New Environment

Author:Craig Stone

“We dream of the world we could have made, and wake up in the world that we did.”

World Made Dream Wake Up

Author:Craig Stone

“A person dies every second, but there’s also a six year old somewhere, every second, trying to move an apple with his mind.”

Trying Years Mind Persons Moving Dies Six Apples Every Second Six Year Olds

Author:Craig Stone

“Some days I am the flower beneath the machine. And the machine rolls slowly on, blocking the sun, without a care for what it tramples beneath.”

Care Sun Flower Machines Block

Author:Craig Stone

“Smile sometimes: it won’t add years to your life, but it will add life to your years.”

Years Sometimes Add

Author:Craig Stone

“I want to avoid people, because there’s only one thing worse than being homeless, and that’s people who are not, knowing that you are.”

People Want Knowing One Thing Not Knowing Homeless

Author:Craig Stone

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