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“My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.”

Two Ends Together Artist Taken Pieces Middle Approach Unions Leaving Holes Finishing Pacific Greatest Fear

Book:Push Comes to Shove

Source: Push Comes to Shove

“If Democracy should fail, it would be because we had been so lacking in self-discipline that our personal problems had taken all our substance and energies, leaving us nothing of value to contribute to the commonwealth.”

Ifs Should Self Problem Would Be Values Energy Democracy Taken Failing Discipline Leaving Substance Lacking Self Discipline Commonwealth Personal Problems

Author:Margery Wilson

“There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds then may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for a humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. This is how I comfort myself in my own great bereavements.”

Giving May Ends Spirit My Own Taken Comfort Mercy Perseverance Leaving Humble Wounds Gods Will Bereavement Pledge Great Gifts Leaving Him

Book:Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Henry Newman

Source: Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Henry Newman

“Walden - all his books, indeed - are packed with subtle, conflicting, and very fruitful discoveries. They are not written to prove something in the end. They are written as the Indians turn down twigs to mark their path through the forest. He cuts his way through life as if no one had ever taken that road before, leaving these signs for those who come after, should they care to see which way he went.”

Ifs Way Should Book Ends Care Turns Path Taken Cutting Written Prove Discovery Mark Leaving Forests Subtle Twigs

Book:The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918

Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918