Quotes from The Christmas Shoes

Donna VanLiere ·  132 pages

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“I don't know what sort of occasion I was waiting for...because everyday was a special occasion with your father.”
― Donna VanLiere, quote from The Christmas Shoes


“If we're open it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives...”
― Donna VanLiere, quote from The Christmas Shoes


“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. —C. S. Lewis It”
― Donna VanLiere, quote from The Christmas Shoes


“не один человек не живет по-настоящему, если он не отдает себя другим”
― Donna VanLiere, quote from The Christmas Shoes


“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue. —Eugene O’Neill My”
― Donna VanLiere, quote from The Christmas Shoes



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“ربما كانت هناك طرق كثيره للصعود من الوادي إلى قمة الجبل.. لكن الجبل سيظل دائماً الجبل نفسه, لا يتغير أبداً.. و لابد أن يكون بيني و بينك تشابه كبير حتى نستطيع الوصول إلى قمة الجبل... فمثلاً, لابد أن يكون كل منا من متسلقي الجبال و هناك على القمه.. قد نبني معاً بنياناً ضخماً من الحجاره.. ثم نجلس لنرتاح عليه قليلاً بعد هذا الجهد الذي بذلناه... و ننسى و لو لفتره قصيره همومنا كلها كبيرها و صغيرها..كأننا تركناها كلها وراءنا في الوادي
قلت: هل تعني أننا قد التقينا على الجبل نفسه.. مع إنني أتيت من كوكب و أتيت أنت من كوكب آخر؟

فأومأ برأسه موافقاً و قال: لا يهم اختلاف المكان الذي انطلقنا منه.. إنما المهم حقاً, هو الهدف الذي نسعى إليه”
― Jostein Gaarder, quote from Hello? Is Anybody There?


“The most difficult thing for a wise woman to do is to pretend to be a foolish one.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, quote from Mrs Craddock


“The mighty sturgeon has his pool; The stork upon the dam makes his habitation. Fish in scaly armour, Birds in serried plumes, find protection. In my distress I question that inscrutable expanse: O bowels of earth! O boundless sky! Will ye not hearken to my cry? Above, the twinkling Milky Way; The air cold, Slanting moonlight, The water-clock sunk past midnight. My restless heart grieves still;”
― Cao Xueqin, quote from The Debt of Tears


“But you are human, and just like the rest of us you have the potential to be both a devil and an angel. There's no such thing as an evil race, just a human race.
--Cressida”
― Stuart Hill, quote from The Last Battle of the Icemark


“A bush-warbler,
Coming to the verandah-edge,
Left its droppings
On the rice-cakes.”
― Matsuo Bashō, quote from Backroads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal


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