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“When we westerners pray we join our hands, close our eyes, kneel, hunch up and put our hands over our faces to close up our bodies. Our God is inside us, his universe inside our heads. When Orthodox Christians pray they keep their eyes open. They hold their heads up and open up their senses to the universe. Their God is outside in a real world.”
John Mole“They were no better than common thieves. They stole our childhood. But even with that, I was heartbroken that I would not know the Wozniaks anymore, the only people who came close to being parents to me. I would be conscious of their absence for the rest of my life. I needed them. You know, if you think about it, we all need each other. But even with all of the evidence against the Wozniaks, I had conflicted emotions about them, then and now. They were the closest I had to a real family and real parents. But now I was bankrupt of any feelings at all towards them at all. I felt then, and feel now, a great sense of loss. I felt as if I were burying them. when I never really had them to lose in the first place. Disillusioned is probably a better word. In fact the very definition of disillusionment is a sense of loss for something you never had. When you are disillusioned and disappointed enough times, you stop hoping. That’s what happens to many foster kids. We become loners, not because we enjoy the solitude, but because we let people into our lives and they disappoint us. So we close up and travel alone. Even in a crowd, we’re alone. Because I survived, I was one of the lucky ones. Why is it so hard to articulate love, yet so easy to express disappointment?”
John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care“The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.”
Chuck Palahniuk“It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes“. . . I'm not pretty, not close up anyway. Generally, the closer people get to me the less hot they find me.”
Margo Roth Spiegelman“People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.”
Richard J. Needham“If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life.”
Amit Kalantri“The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination.”
Norman Foster“Most people feel best about their work the week before their vacation, but it's not because of the vacation itself. What do you do the last week before you leave on a big trip? You clean up, close up, clarify, and renegotiate all your agreements with yourself and others. I just suggest that you do this weekly instead of yearly.”
David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity