“It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.” FallEasyTalkingWorryFemaleSpendingCelebrateVulnerabilityMore TimeTrapsGymnast Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited after forty years. Once in awhile, a letter does fall behind a post office desk and lie there for years before it's finally discovered and delivered to the rightful address. The seemingly brain-dead sometimes wake up and start talking. I'm always on the lookout for proof that what is done can sometimes be undone.” YearsLongDoeSometimesDoneStoriesLyingFallFoundFatherLostBehindsBrainTalkingSonReturnLoversOfficeLettersWake UpProofPostsAddressesFortyDesksUnlikelyUndoneCollectorsPost OfficeReunitedBrain DeadOffice Desk Book:The Age of Miracles Source: The Age of Miracles
“Just been talking today out here to all the Senators investigating these stock swindles and overcapitalizations. There has been hundreds of millions lost. There ought to be some form of guardianship for people that buy all this junk. Education won't do it. The buyers are the ones we have educated up till they are just smart enough to fall for everything that comes along.” PeopleHas BeensEnoughTodayFormFallLostBusinessTalkingMillionsOughtSmartEducatedSenatorsJunkBuyersInvestigatingGuardianship Author:Will Rogers
“Most of the time when something goes bad—a marriage, a war, a run of good luck—you don’t know it. It’s like in the cartoons, only less funny. You run off the cliff and just keep going—talking, listening to music, making plans, for years sometimes—except no announcer interrupts to say ‘Excuse me, collect call for Mr. Coyote’ to make you notice and make us laugh. You just wake up and fall.” KnowsYearsWarSometimesRunningFallTalkingLaughingPlansListeningWake UpLuckExcuseKeep GoingCartoonListening To MusicCliffsGood LuckExcuse MeCoyotesAnnouncersMusic Making Author:Mark Slouka
“We are dying of preconceptions, outworn rules, decaying flags, venomous religions, and sentimentalities. We need a new world. We've wrenched up all the old roots. The old men have no roots. They don't know it. They just go on talking and flailing away and falling down on the young with their tons of dead weight and their power. For the power is still there, in their life-in-death. But the roots are dead, and the land is poisoned for miles around them.” KnowsMenWorldNeedsStillsYoungFallTalkingPowerLandDyingGoes OnRootsWeightMilesOld ManNew WorldFlagsFalling DownSentimentalityPreconceptionsVenomousFlailing Book:The Inland Island Source: The Inland Island
“That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I thought he was the cutest thing that had ever happened in Nashville. He was nine years older than me and I thought, 'Mimi, I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to steal this guy away.' So I went to this Bible study thinking I was going to make this guy fall in love with me. I was fourteen. Hey, you know. But I was so overwhelmed by what they were talking about at this Bible study. I became a very serious, committed Christian.” ThinkingKnowsYearsSchoolChristianGuyHateFallReadingTalkingStudyHappenedSeriousHigh SchoolDatingI HateFalling In LoveCommittedNineStealingHeyOverwhelmedThis GuyBible StudyFourteenNine YearsNashvilleFreshmanHey YouOlder SisterMimiCutest Author:Amy Grant
“The best thing about Sassy Seats is that grandmothers cannot figure out how they work and are in constant fear of the child's falling. This often makes them forget to comment on other aspects of the child's development, like why he is not yet talking or is still wearing diapers. Some grandmothers will spend an entire meal peering beneath the table and saying, "Is that thing steady?" rather than, "Have you had a doctor look at that left hand?” LooksChildrenStillsHandsFallLeftForgetTalkingFiguresDevelopmentAspectDoctorsTablesConstantBest ThingsMealsSeatsGrandmotherCommentSteadySassyDiapersLeft Hand Book:Living Out Loud Source: Living Out Loud
“By relaxation, I don't mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I'm talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.” MindKindMeanBodyFallTalkingFrontsTvsActivityRelaxationMind And BodyWithdrawalStimulationFalling Asleep Author:Bernie Siegel