“On the first page of the Bible there is an instance of how literalism is but an invitation to transcend the image to which literalism points. That first page is not geology, biology or paleontology; it is high religion. For there we are told who we are in terms of our constititutive text. And if we could understand that, we would worrying about whether the antelopes or the cantaloupes came in a certain order.” IfsFirstsCertainOrderTermWorryPagesInstanceWho We AreBiologyInvitationsGeologyPaleontologyAntelopes Author:Joseph Sittler
“The other book that I worry no one reads anymore is James Joyce's Ulysses. It's not easy, but every page is wonderful and repays the effort. I started reading it in high school, but I wasn't really able to grasp it. Then I read it in college. I once spent six weeks in a graduate seminar reading it. It takes that long. That's the problem. No one reads that way anymore. People may spend a week with a book, but not six.” PeopleWayMayLongBookProblemAbleSchoolReadingEasyEffortWorryWonderfulWeekCollegeSixPagesHigh SchoolGraduatesJoyceUlyssesSeminars Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“We are herding the young in that direction so that they are not sitting still and contemplating, Goddamn it, a page of exquisite prose by Charles Dickens, which is filled with rage about poverty and the need of a household to survive. That's not in the table for consideration now. And people don't understand that beautiful rage of Dickens because they don't share it. They haven't got time to worry about an oppressed culture, a subclass.” PeopleNeedsStillsBeautifulYoungCulturePovertyWorryShareHavensPagesSittingTablesFilledRageProseConsiderationContemplatingHouseholdOppressedExquisiteDickensSitting Still Author:Frederick Busch
“To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary "surfing" and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts.” AttentionMillionsWorryClearInternetCostPagesImpactInstinctDiscourseSurfingAttention SpanSedentaryWeb Page Author:Andrew Weil
“do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429” WorryPagesFinding PeaceEragonSaphira Author:Christopher Paolini
“It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the great of the earth, counsel with the wise of all time, look into the unlived days with prophets...To become acquainted with real nobility as it walks the pages of history and science and literature is to strengthen character and develop life in its finer meanings.” LooksBookRealCharacterEarthLiteratureWalksCompanyWorryWisePagesAll TimeProphetFriendlyNobilityRevealingInvigorating Author:Gordon B. Hinckley