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For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, ...more

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If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty ...more

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We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand.

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Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.

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When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.

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She lived in fear of ifonic endings. (91)

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Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and ...more

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[Jesus is] saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves.

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If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there. We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up...more

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Most of us don’t notice how great we look until years, even decades later. Not long ago, I was looking at photos of myself at various ages and weights...more

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He lost the great big outward thing, the good- looking package, and the real parts endured. They shine through like crazy, the brillian mind and humor...more

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Our shadow is on the outside. And we can see in the dark: we can see you, we see you turn away, but one day we finally understand that you turn away n...more

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But you are not your bank account, or your ambition. You're not the cold clay lump you leave behind when you die. You're not your collection of walkin...more

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And we've read scary books and watched scary movies and TV shows together. He's met monsters, ghouls, and demons on the page and on the screen. There'...more