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“In a society that prates about, but seldom practices, communication, the craving to be listened to, heard, understood - which originates with the first terrified wail, the circling arms, the breast, the consolatory murmur - is hard to assuage.”

Firsts Hard Practice Heard Communication Arms Listening Understood Breasts Terrified Craving

Book:Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled

Source: Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled

“Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker.”

Years Hands Bigs Arms Listening Ears Climbs Concentration Speakers Deliberate Wireless Sofas

Book:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

Source: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

“So your strength is failing you? Why don't you tell your mother about it? ... Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she-your holy mother Mary-offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace ... and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle.”

Christian Mother Voice Grace Failing Danger Son Arms Listening Holy Battle Offers Embrace Loud Finding Yourself Mary Tenderness Refuge Loud Voices Holy Mary Mother Mary

Author:Josemaria Escriva

“Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?”

Knows Inspirational Needs Giving May Arms Listening Ears Encouragement Uplifting Encouraging Words Of Encouragement Your Smile Listening Ear

Author:Joel Osteen

“The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable. A blackness to hurt your ears with listening. Often he had to get up. No sound but the wind in the trees. He rose and stood tottering in that cold autistic dark with his arms outheld for balance while the vestibular calculations in his skull cranked out their reckonings.”

Night Sound Hurt Dark Tree Wind Arms Listening Cold Balance Ears Rose Get Up Calculations Skulls Blackness Autistic Reckoning Wind In The Trees

Book:The Road

Source: The Road

“They lay listening. Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. What if it doesn't fire? It has to fire. What if it doesn't fire? Could you crush that beloved skull with a rock? Is there such a being within you of which you know nothing? Can there be? Hold him in your arms. Just so. The soul is quick. Pull him toward you. Kiss him. Quickly.”

Ifs Knows Soul Dies Fire Rocks Arms Listening Kissing Lays Beloved Curse Crush What If Within You Skulls

Author:Cormac McCarthy