“Going to a country where you don't speak the language is like wading into the sea when you can't swim - it's intimidating at first, not impossible, and ultimately manageable.” SwimmingDrowningLanguage LearningLanguages And CultureLanguage BarrierCulture ShockFish Out Of WaterFailure To CommunicateOver Your HeadLearning To Swim Author:Stewart Stafford
“You doing all right with whatever is going on there?' Liam asks, startling me. 'And if I tell you I'm not sure?' I give him the same answer, my lips curving. 'I'd think you got yourself in over your head.' The look on his face is anything but teasing now. 'For someone who said he owns Xaden everything, that's not a glowing recommendation.' I drop my pack to the ground and roll the tense muscles of my shoulders. 'Don't turn into Dain on me.” VioletFourth WingViolet SorrengailRebecca YarrosTeasingLiamLiam MairiOver Your HeadIn Over Your HeadYou Doing All Right Book:Fourth Wing Source: Fourth Wing
“Sonnet I If thee must say that I am not who I am, That I am not real or true, Then thou must say you are not as well, For we either walk in fairytales and dance to our dreams, Or we die trying to capture a miracle between the ordinary moments, We rejoice in the gratitude for our needs met, But we pray for the staircases and open doors to our desires, We redefine our gratitude with another day, Another dance of praise to Thee for undoing are mistakes of unneeded wants and needs we want, but not met.” NeedsPhilosophyPoetryParadoxDeep ThoughtsSonnetRumiWantsRumi PoetryConundrumDebatableOver Your HeadNeeding WantsWanting Needs Author:Shannon L. Alder