Phyllis Theroux Short Quotes

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Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

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An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.

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To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.

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Writing is a deeply spiritual act that can have a profound effect upon the practitioner.

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Looking at a friend who has had a face lift is like reading a book with half the pages ripped out.

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There is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.

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I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at Creation.

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To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler.

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I can feel my heart growing daily, which has its uncomfortable aspects, as if it could fall with the weight of love and break.

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Falling silent should be cultivated, the way the woods fall silent in the snow. Messages you can't send any other way can be heard.

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We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.

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Children are born with imaginations in mint condition, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Then life corrects for grandiosity.

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My nose remembers more than my eyes. The sharp oily smell of eucalyptus combines with afternoon dust from the hockey field. But my heart feels the different then and now.

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