“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
“Live as if you have faith,” she said, “and faith shall be
given to you.”
― Paullina Simons, quote from Tatiana and Alexander
“I'll find you," he says, watching me with the eyes I remember. "I won't let you go again”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Requiem
“Zaborav sve leči, a pesma je najlepši način zaborava, jer u pesmi se čovek seća samo onoga što voli.”
― Ivo Andrić, quote from The Bridge on the Drina
“The parental eye shed no tears when the time for leave-taking came; a half-rouble in copper coins was given to the boy by way of pocket-money and for sweets, and what is more important, the following admonition:
"Mind now, Pavlusha, be diligent, don't fool or gad about, and above all please your teachers and superiors. If you please your superiors, then you will be popular and get ahead of everyone even if you lag behind in knowledge and talent. Don't be too friendly with the other boys, they will teach you no good; but if you do make friends, cultivate those who are better off and might be useful. Don't invite or treat anyone, but conduct yourself in such a way as to be treated yourself, and above all, take care of and save your pennies, that is the most reliable of all things. A comrade or friend will cheat you and be the first to put all the blame on you when in a fix, but the pennies won't betray you in any difficulty. With money you can do anything in the world."
Having admonished his son thus, the father took leave of him and trundled off home on his 'magpie'. Though from that day the son never set eyes on him more, his words and admonitions had sunk deep into his soul.”
― Nikolai Gogol, quote from Dead Souls
“Of what value is a civilization that can't toast a piece of bread as ordered?”
― Haruki Murakami, quote from After Dark
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