“She was going about her life, taking her pleasures as she found them, suffering what was hers to suffer, doing what she had to do. She had about her no air of self-pity or complaint. And this could only have been because, in her own heart, she was not pitying herself or complaining.”
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Wendell Berry, an American novelist born on August 5, 1934, is renowned for his profound descriptions of rural life and his critical views on modern industrial civilization. more
“I realize now that a happy mother might very well make a joyful child.”
“Joy lasts in memory, it thrives in sharing.”
“When you mourn for too long, you start to forget how to feel joy.”