“Darling, if I think of all I miss now, I will go crazy. I should not think of that. I only want to think of all that I still have, and then I am rich. Your spirit is always around me, in your diary, our letters, all the things you got for our household. How proud we were of that! And the nearly six years! O God, I thank you for those years. If I never had met you, I would now not have all the sorrow; but I would have missed these riches -- and do these years not abundantly balance the lonely years I face without you?” IfsThinkingWantShouldYearsStillsFacesSpiritRichCrazyMissingProudBalanceSorrowMetsSixLonelyLettersRichesHouseholdDiariesDarlingWithout You Author:Diet Eman
“The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow. Giles Blunt has a tremendous talent. If you miss Forty Words for Sorrow, you'll miss one of best novels of 2001.” IfsGivingBookWishNovelWrittenTalentMissingSorrowHighestPraiseFortyBlunt Author:Tony Hillerman
“The Hindus are busy letting themselves be seen riding in Cadillacs instead of smearing themselves with sandalwood paste and bowing in front of Ganpati. The Moslems would rather miss evening prayer than the new Disney movie. The Buddhists think it's more important to take over in the name of Stalin and Progress than to meditate on the four basic sorrows. And we don't even have to mention Christianity or Judaism.” ThinkingImportantNamesPrayerChristianityFourProgressMissingFrontsSorrowBusyBuddhistEveningRidingJudaismCadillacsSandalwoodEvening Prayer Book:The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House Source: The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House