It was Santa Claus, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to the stairs. He hoped to take a look at the old man before Santa left for his next stop. By the time Bunny was at the bottom of the stairs, everything was silent again. Lots of presents were put ...
When a prospect goes silent, or “radio silent” as it’s often called, it’s never a good sign. That’s because actions speak louder than words. At the very least, their silence tells you where you rank on their list of priorities: Not very high. More likely though, it means one ...
When I was two years old, something happened which I have never forgotten. It was early spring, and there was a light mist over the trees and fields. The other young fellows and I were feeding at the lower end of the field when we heard the distant cry o
在On Writing a Teaching Novel中有着很好的总结:Nihilism—the post-Darwinian nihilism that was creeping over Europe in the late nineteenth century. In the wake of Darwin, all the old traditional religious values were crumbling. God was dead and a new secular humanism squatted in the temple ruins...
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through the silent working of immutable laws, was ever and anon rent and torn, as if it had been but a plaything in their hands. These sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving. They elevated me from all littleness of feeling, and ...
I was encouraged to read you sharing that you felt ‘smothered’ as that means you are being compassionate towards yourself and honest. I used to feel so guilty and scared and even ashamed of my walk with God because I’d push away out of fear of Him wanting me to do something I didn...
How can we know when to speak up, or when to be silent? (Remember in the previous chapter,Not Guilty and The Garden of Paradise, that the author confronted a friend when the best action in that case actually would have been to be quiet and listen). ...
And it is a fact that Pauline, the cook, consoled her mistress more than anybody whom she saw on this wretched morning; for when she found how Amelia remained for hours, silent, motionless, and haggard, by the windows in which she had placed herself to watch the last bayonets of the ...
45. “When problems come, remain calm in two cases. One when you know you can solve them so smile; second when you know you can’t so be silent.”― Vikrmn, 10 Golden Steps of Life 46. “The new disease of our age is being OK doing everything at exactly the same time.”― Ni...