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“IF YOU ABOLISH THE DRAFT," said Owen Meany, "MOST AMERICANS WILL SIMPLY STOP CARING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD”

Book:A Prayer For Owen Meany

Work

A Prayer For Owen Meany

In this novel, John Wheelwright's life is forever altered by his friendship with Owen Meany, a boy who possesses a mysterious aura and a belief that he is destined for greatness. As they grow up together, the boys' lives intertwine in ways that challenge their understanding of faith, friendship, and the supernatural. The story is set in the 1950s and 1960s, reflecting the social and cultural changes of the time. more

Author

John Irving

John Irving is an American novelist known for his intricate narrative structures and profound character development. His works often explore themes of family, love, morality, and identity, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“Something magical starts to happen when we commit to doing what we love to do. When we reconnect with what brings us joy—those activities that we love to do for no reason other than that they make us happy—we not only have a higher chance of getting into flow, we also start remembering who we really are and what really matters.”

Happiness Joy Commitment Flow Life Purpose Creative Flow Flow State Do What You Love Intrinsic Motivation

Author:Laurie E. Smith

“Never had I felt so much the slave as when I scoured those stone steps each afternoon. Working against time, I would wet five steps, sprinkle soap powder, then a white doctor or a nurse would come and, instead of avoiding the soppy steps, walk on them and track the dirty water onto the steps that I had already cleaned. To obviate this, I cleaned but two steps at a time, a distance over which a ten-year-old child could step. But it did no good. The white people still plopped their feet down into the dirty water and muddled the other clean steps. If I ever really hotly hated unthinking whites, it was then. Not once during my entire stay at the institute did a single white person show enough courtesy to avoid a wet step.”

Working Class Oblivious Classism Obliviousness

Book:Black Boy

Source: Black Boy

“You don't know the true meaning of BEAUTY if you see it everywhere but in your own life.”

Blind Complaining Selfish Vanity Narcissism Beauty Quotes Negative People Oblivious Covetousness

Book:Daddy's Little Girl: A Father's Prayer

Source: Daddy's Little Girl: A Father's Prayer

“It wasn't that Elain was cruel. She wasn't like Nesta, who had been born with a sneer on her face. Elain sometimes just... didn't grasp things. It wasn't meanness that kept her from offering to help; it simply never occurred to her that she might be capable of getting her hands dirty. I'd never been able to decide whether she actually didn't understand that we were truly poor or if she just refused to accept it. It still hadn't stopped me buying her seeds for the flower garden she tended in the milder months, whenever I could afford it. And it hadn't stopped her from buying me three small tins of paint- red, yellow, and blue- during that same summer I'd had enough to buy the ash arrow. It was the only gift she'd ever given me, and out house still bore the marks of it, even if the paint was now fading and chipped: little vines and flowers along the windows and thresholds and edges of things, tiny curls of flame on the stones bordering the hearth. And spare minute I'd had that bountiful summer, I used to bedeck out house in colour, sometimes hiding clever decorations inside drawers, behind the threadbare curtains, underneath the chairs and table. We hadn't had a summer that easy since.”