Global village Quote by OP Donald J. Goergen

“The things we take for granted. The things we never feel we’ll lose. Not missing the water until the well runs dry, and hundreds…

— Vee Hoffman

“But what feels better, after a taxing day that pushes you to the brink of the strong person seen by everyone but yourself, a…

— Vee Hoffman

“Dominic, without saying a word, begged for everything physical and everything tender, the sins of the flesh tattooed on him though he had never…

— Vee Hoffman

“The entire world is hungry. For one thing or another. They thirst. They hunger. They crave. Wine. Entertainment. Knowledge. Sometimes for the mundane work…

— Jackie Ivie

“In Paris, strolling arm in arm with a casual sweetheart through a late autumn, it seemed impossible to imagine a purer happiness than those…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“In this snug, oversafe corner of the world we need it, that we may realize that our comfortable routine is no eternal necessity of…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

“As we actually taste the flavor of what he's teaching, we begin to see that it's not proverbs for daily living, or ways of…

— Cynthia Bourgeault

“In the midst of all his sadness, Pierre felt deep compassion penetrate his heart. He was upset by the thought that mankind should be…

— Émile Zola

“We must eat, drink, sleep, be idle, have sex, love, touch the sweetest things in life and yet not succumb to them.”

— Lauren Redniss

“Pierre’s heart thrilled to these words as he gazed with shining eyes into the mason’s face. He listened without interrupting or asking any questions,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The contemplative life remains freely available to us through our choices—what we read and buy, how we commit to leisure and self-improvement, the passing…

— Franklin Foer

“Philip realised that they had done with life, these two quiet little people: they belonged to a past generation, and they were waiting there…

— William Somerset Maugham