"She felt happy from her head to her toes, and she looked up at the sky with a feeling of gratitude that was almost a prayer." Carney's House Party, 160 Maud Hart Lovelace
"How much more respectable is the woman who earns her own bread by fulfilling any duty, than the most accomplished beauty!—beauty, did I say? So sensible am I of the beauty of moral loveliness, or the harmonious propriety that attunes the passion of a well-regulated mind, that I blush at making the comparison. . ." A Vindication of the Rights of Women, 240 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view." Self-Reliance, 16 Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I have always managed to live a rather fortunate bohemian life, by living beyond my means and employing a lot of magical thinking." Fear and Clothing, 280 Cintra Wilson
"Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God." The Purpose-Driven Life, 83 Rick Warren
"When people join groups where change seems possible, the potential for change to occur becomes more real." The Power of Habit, 88-9 Charles Duhigg
"The slower you move, the more poems you'll see." Dallas Clayton
Anyway, there's a few beautiful sets of words to brighten this August day!
All the love,
Charlie
