Of all facial expressions, which is the worst to have aimed at you? Wouldn't you agree it's disgust? — Leif Enger Agree Copy Share Image
“Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant,… — Leif Enger Easter Copy Share Image
“I breathe deeply, and certainty enters into me like light, like a piece of science, and curious music seems to hum inside… — Leif Enger Faith Copy Share Image
Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic. — Leif Enger Curiosity Copy Share Image
“Someday, you know, we're going to be shown the great ledger of our recorded decisions-a dread concept you nonetheless know in your… — Leif Enger Fear Copy Share Image
“Dewey Hall was the only building on campus not made of brick, and the tornado came for it in absolute maturity, no… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
“You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sin, you know, and cry tears doing it that are genuine… — Leif Enger Cry tears Copy Share Image
Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. — Leif Enger Books Copy Share Image
It is one thing to say you're at war with this whole world and stick your chest out believing it, but when… — Leif Enger Believe Copy Share Image
“It is one thing to be sick of your own infirmities and another to understand that the people you love most are… — Leif Enger Friendless Copy Share Image
Be careful whom you choose to hate. The small and the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see… — Leif Enger Be careful Copy Share Image
Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is… — Leif Enger Advice Copy Share Image
“Of course vindictiveness is an ugly trait and, yes, I do mean to forgive all these nice deserters; I mean, eventually, to… — Leif Enger Forgiveness Copy Share Image
My sister, Swede, who often sees to the nub, offered this: People fear miracles because they fear being changed--though ignoring them will… — Leif Enger Bells Copy Share Image
We see a newborn moth unwrapping itself and announce, Look, children, a miracle! But let an irreversible wound be knit back to… — Leif Enger Children Copy Share Image
“Not confidence—I understand confidence. What he had was knowledge.” — Leif Enger Confidence Copy Share Image
“Once traveling, it's remarkable how quickly faith erodes. It starts to look like something else - ignorance, for example...Sure it's weak, but… — Leif Enger Faith Copy Share Image
“It’s peculiar, to reach your destination,” he told me. “You think you’ll arrive and perform the thing you came for and depart… — Leif Enger Happiness Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems every woman I meet is more than a match for me.” — Leif Enger Every woman Copy Share Image
“How could we not believe the Lord would guide us? How could we not have faith? For the foundation had been laid… — Leif Enger Belief Copy Share Image
